"The most I can say to that is that a friend I trust pointed out how personal we all see them to be. Always I know this or this happened to me - we have always been part of the events we recall. Much like a memory."

On her end, she runs a hand through her hair, steeling herself to openly say what she thinks next.

"In a way, I've been idly speculating that the changes are not so much placed there as they are us remembering they're there in the first place. Like a mark on your back in a place you never look for a long while and then suddenly, it's there and you recall all over again that it exists. It would fit with the memory theme, but it's also soundly ridiculous for a woman of the scientific field to be saying these things. An external force changing us is more logical."