text; six feet under

[lesinset]

how many people have memories that span centuries
i mean outside the obvs
but like
there was a memory in ye olde fishing village
somewhere in asia or something
then there was a memory in victorian opium den in like england
then there was a graveyard thing ten years ago where a guy danced a bunch of zombies
to life or something and it was stupid weird
and now
france
wwii
and ss officers

oh
apparently ss officers tasted good
or at least my past self thought they did
who knew

but point is
how many people remember centuries of life
its important

Comments

[lesinset]

think some people are all freaked out about it
its not like something i can control
being the past and all
do you have a weird memory too

[floret]

Freaked out about the kind of memories you have?

I don't have that many memories yet. But I remember being a traitor.

[lesinset]

same really
but why a traitor
did your memory explain it
or you just had that tossed at you

[floret]

I kind of had it tossed at me. I mean, I don't know what I did, exactly, but I know it wasn't just something like turning on a friend or joining a rival team or something; it was high treason. And . . . I wasn't sorry.

[lesinset]

must have been something important for your other
something that they couldnt find a different way to do

[floret]

I guess
maybe.

But I mean
Maybe I was greedy, and the other side offered me a deal. Or maybe I was bitter and I wanted revenge on someone or something. I don't think it'd be right to just assume that I had a good justification.

[lesinset]

we arent the ones to make that call
to him it was a good reason
to us it wasnt
theres a difference after all

[floret]

It's strange to feel so cut off from someone who supposedly is me. I can barely begin to imagine what he was thinking, or even what he was like at all.
Is it like that for everyone?

[lesinset]

it is but well get the hang of it
or we will become them
either or

[floret]

Will we really become them?
I mean, I know people physically change to be more like their past self . . . and I guess eventually we'll more or less end up with all their stuff, and all their memories.
But it's not like our own memories disappear, right?



Oh no.
What if our memories disappeared??