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[eatsyourscience]

[Souji's outside in the garden, but the fog makes it difficult to tell where, exactly. It's very quiet, though, with the snow and fog deadening all the noise.

He's wearing a pair of black framed glasses. Unusual for him, since he doesn't normally wear glasses.

He stops peering at his surroundings and holds up the camera at face level to address whoever might be listening.]

Don't you think it should have snowed instead of raining yesterday?

[That would make sense in early January.

He takes a few steps through the snow and he doesn't seem to be having any trouble navigating through the fog.]

This isn't ordinary fog. Be careful.

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[eatsyourscience]

[Souji puts them back on.]

That's how I knew it was our fog and not someone else's.

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[jivitadana]

[Minato quietly thanked Souji for letting him see the world as Souji could see it.]

I'll try to help you remember what you lost.

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[eatsyourscience]

I haven't noticed anything missing yet.

[But that doesn't really mean anything. He might not have noticed because he doesn't know what it is he's forgotten.]

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[jivitadana]

[Exactly. Minato would try to find out somehow what it was and keep it for Souji. But in the meantime, he stayed on the lookout for anything dangerous.

Minato knew Souji already knew what he was about to say, but he was only thinking out loud.]

The last time there was fog here, people met their Shadows.

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[eatsyourscience]

Do you think it would be the same twice?

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[jivitadana]

[Minato shook his head.]

I don't think so. We'll know what not to expect then.

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[eatsyourscience]

Yeah.

It may just make people act strange, the way it did in Inaba.

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[jivitadana]

Like how?

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[eatsyourscience]

Paranoid. A lot of people thought the fog was making them sick, but I think that was psychological.

For some people it was more subtle, though.

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[jivitadana]

A subtle paranoia?

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[eatsyourscience]

No. People would stop caring about it. They were okay with it after awhile. It took responsibility and identity away from them.

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[jivitadana]

[It sounded like... That condition where those affected by Shadows became the Lost. What was the name of that? Minato couldn't remember, only now realizing just what else he had lost.]

It only went away once the fog lifted?

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[eatsyourscience]

Yes. It was subtle when I first arrived in Inaba, but after Adachi went in, it became really obvious.

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[jivitadana]

But you could only go in the TV at midnight?

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[eatsyourscience]

No, we could go in anytime. Midnight was just the only time the Midnight Channel appeared. And only when it rained.

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[jivitadana]

[How convenient.]

How do you feel now?

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[eatsyourscience]

[Souji's surprised by that question.]

Anxious.

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[jivitadana]

Because it's your memory... [And the consequences?] ... or is it from the fog?

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[eatsyourscience]

Because it's mine and I don't know what's going to happen.

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[jivitadana]

Does anyone really know during their memory? [Or anyone else's memory?]

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[eatsyourscience]

I think sometimes it's more obvious than others.

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[jivitadana]

[True.]

I'll help with whatever you need.

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[eatsyourscience]

Thank you.

I'll let you know if I figure anything more out.

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[jivitadana]

You don't have to do it alone.

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[eatsyourscience]

I know I'm not. We're all in this together.