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[burlyboy]

So, uh... I got kind of a weird question. Bear with me here. Do any of you find that you get memory problems sometimes? I'm not talking, like, when you get ported out and get ported back in and everything just goes poof!, or forgetting where you put down your keys or what have you. More like - there's something important you feel like you're forgetting about.

[ Magnus scratches at his chin. ]

'Cause I swear to god, there's always something I should be doing, but then a second later, it just... [ He gestures vaguely at the camera. ] Shit from when I was in a kid too. It never used to bug me, but this is getting old. So, uh, if any of you know how to fix it or wanna tell me I'm not just crazy, big ups! Burnsides out.

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[heliophilic]

Magnus, are you all right?

[As for the question he asked, Magnus, more than anyone here, should know the answer to that. It might have been an elaborate dream, but the memories are still there.]

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[burlyboy]

I'm fine! Really! It's just -- it's been bugging me lately, that's all. Figured we got enough smart folks here that maybe someone can do something about it.

[heliophilic]

What are you forgetting?

[burlyboy]

Stuff about my life. From before I settled down. There's some blank spots in there, I, uh, I think. That's what I've been told.

[ Julia had noticed, of course. It hadn't seemed to bother her much. It worried her, though, the way she'd mention something and he'd just wander off. ]

And there's this -- this thing someone gave me. Everytime I look at it, though, it's like I can't see it anymore. Same deal.

[heliophilic]

This thing. Any chance it's stealing your memories?

[He's heard of stranger.]

[burlyboy]

...it's a possibility. How would I know?

[heliophilic]

Has anyone else looked at it and started forgetting things?

Or looked at it at all?

[burlyboy]

Nah. I thought - I had a bad feeling about it. Not, like, bad magic or whatever, just what was on it. Figured this was something I could handle solo.

[ ... ]

But that was nearly a year ago.

[heliophilic]

Magnus, let me look at your magical doodad.

Please.

[burlyboy]

I mean - if you're sure. You really wanna risk this happening to you too?

[heliophilic]

I'm banking on the computer brain warning me if it's that kind of dangerous.

[burlyboy]

Hell, all right. What have I got to lose?

...computer brain?

[heliophilic]

Have I never told you about my implants?

[Seriously, has that never come up in conversation?]

[burlyboy]

You never mentioned it!

[heliophilic]

It's why I was so fucked up in that dream world--dream me fried them.

It enables me to see every move a person's going to make before they make them. Not true precognition, but pretty damn close.

[So long as he has all--or most--of the information.]

[burlyboy]

You really think that's gonna help you with a magical mind-whammy? Not that it isn't cool and all, but they're in kiiiinda different fields.

[heliophilic]

[Look, his powers very specifically don't work with magic, but Magnus doesn't need to know that.]

True, but I'm not expecting it to display any kind of body language, but I can foresee other things other than people making moves.

It's mostly math. Lots and lots of math.

[burlyboy]

...how does math help you figure out magic paper?

[heliophilic]

Everything is math, Magnus.

[Except relationships, which is why M has more trouble with them.]

In this case, I'll be relying on probability to not let something bad happen.

If not, well... I lost my memory once and turned out just fine.

[burlyboy]

Whoa, whoa, pal, I don't want you losing your memory again. Didn't you, uh, not get it back last time?

[heliophilic]

And you can see how cut up I am about that.

[burlyboy]

Okay, point! Sure! Why not! If you think you can help, let's fuckin' do it.

[heliophilic]

Name a time and a place and I'll look at your memory zapper.

[Look, just because he has a computer brain doesn't mean he always makes smart decisions.]