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“Another thing that is strange,' Hugo said. 'At any point in this conversation you or I could disappear.' 'Have you seen that happen?' Nora took the mug Hugo handed her. 'Yeah. A few times. It's freaky. But no one else would notice. They become a bit vague with their memory for the last day, but you would be surprised. If you went back to the library right now, and I was still standing here talking to you in the kitchen, you would say something like, "My mind's just gone blank — what were we talking about?", and then I'd realise what had happened and I'd say we were talking about glaciers and you'd bombard me with facts about them. And your brain would fill in the gaps and make up a narrative about what just happened.” — Matt Haig

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Another thing that is strange,' Hugo said. 'At any point in this conversation you or I could disappear.' 'Have you seen that happen?' Nora took the mug Hugo handed her. 'Yeah. A few times. It's freaky. But no one else would notice. They become a bit vague with their memory for the last day, but you would be surprised. If you went back to the library right now, and I was still standing here talking to you in the kitchen, you would say something like, "My mind's just gone blank — what were we talking about?", and then I'd realise what had happened and I'd say we were talking about glaciers and you'd bombard me with facts about them. And your brain would fill in the gaps and make up a narrative about what just happened.
— Matt Haig