That's... [ Well it's not like he wants to praise Retrospec but... ] I haven't heard of anything like this happening. You're actually meeting the owl from that memory.

[ Okay some people shared memories. But unless this owl with Derek was specifically inserted into the memories Retrospec fed him this would suggest that the company had yet another frighteningly powerful ability. ]

Retrospec could create the bird in the memory you had... A living, breathing owl. You're sure that it's an actual animal and not a realistic robot?

[ Good God. He's saying things like "realistic robot." ]