001 // a very bear-y christmas

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Xiaolang Li shared a photo. 12/15 near Birch Hills

A general question: has anyone ever received something from Retrospec that was intended for somebody else? Or something you were certain WASN'T yours, even if the ticket said otherwise? Because I do have memories of a bear, but it definitely was not THIS one.

((pretend this bear is 100% handmade and doesn't have the Stieff logo or the name on it's foot, okay--))

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Yeah, her.

[She needs to start calling him Xiaolang soon so he can finally graduate to calling her Sakura and stop being so stupid with this nickname CRIES]

Ah, but-- yeah, we did. We remember similar things, and I've talked to her in a couple of mine, but...

[But from what he remembers, they weren't exactly on friendly terms. But according to Fai, she was a princess and he protected her?? so he wasn't sure what to believe]

...it's kind of complicated. This bear stuff doesn't make it any easier.

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it usually is complicated

don't worry too much! I'm sure more memories will come back to you eventually, and that will help clear things up

it's no use guessing at the story if you only know bits and pieces, right?

at the very least, it sounds like you two are able to support each other and help each other understand what's going on

[MUCH BETTER THAN HANGING OUTSIDE THE BAKERY AND PEEKING IN, NOT TALKING TO SAKURA.]

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[LOOK, HE HAS HIS REASONS FOR THAT no he doesn't stop being such an awkward duck, Xiaolang]

I suppose so. It's just everything's that's come back so far hasn't been very promising. Or all that useful, anyway. I don't see how me looking at a teddy bear is a vital memory to get back to, say-- whatever else is going on with our past lives. She seems to remember more details than I do about certain things, which is good, but...

[But constantly asking her about what she remembers was starting to feel a little invasive. Not that he didn't want to know, but it's possible she might have remembered some less pleasant things that she didn't wish to speak about. Xiaolang knows he certainly did.]

I guess I am lucky to have someone who has similar memories close by, though. It's not a common thing, is it? People with shared memories and all?

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actually, it's more common than you might think

and it would make sense, if you believe what the technicians posted about this month

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Is it? I asked someone about it before, and he said he didn't think it was something that happened here a lot, but

... actually, now that I think about it, you probably would be the better person to ask about this, I guess. Your brother-- I met him on that post earlier this month-- he said you've had this app since February. Have you run into anyone you share memories with during that time?

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yes I have

a handful of friends and acquaintances in this life were the same in my other life

my dog was also in my other life, if you can believe that