[He turns his head so that she's the only one who will see his eyes go black; he squeezes the blade hard, and mumbles a quick incantation. Within the incantation she'll hear Riley Abel, or something like it, the way names are said in foreign speech with a strange accent.
It's quick. His eyes return to normal as the memory begins.
For Ellie, the experience is not that unlike simply remembering the memory on its own. It's just a flashback, a re-play. But it's complete: every single detail is there, unlike the spotty, gaussian fragility of human memory recall; the smells, sounds, feelings, the unimportant background details, the way the shadows faced, everything. Furthermore, it's intense, and the feelings, physical and emotional, will be as vivid as the day they occurred.]
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[He turns his head so that she's the only one who will see his eyes go black; he squeezes the blade hard, and mumbles a quick incantation. Within the incantation she'll hear Riley Abel, or something like it, the way names are said in foreign speech with a strange accent.
It's quick. His eyes return to normal as the memory begins.
For Ellie, the experience is not that unlike simply remembering the memory on its own. It's just a flashback, a re-play. But it's complete: every single detail is there, unlike the spotty, gaussian fragility of human memory recall; the smells, sounds, feelings, the unimportant background details, the way the shadows faced, everything. Furthermore, it's intense, and the feelings, physical and emotional, will be as vivid as the day they occurred.]