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Elspeth is about to phone her parents and tell them that she made it safely to her new house when she realizes on how many levels she isn't going to be able to do that.

One: she doesn't know who her parents are. She just has a vague parent-shaped impression that they were fine probably. They don't have names or faces or habits or histories.

Two: they aren't in her phone. Nobody is in her phone. The phone is as though brand-new.

Three: Now that she is realizing the above, she is no longer sure she should be telling anybody she made it safely to her new house.

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Is there like. An amnesia support group website or anything.

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Not that she can find before Doctor Bale shows back up and calls her by name.

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Off she goes to get her results.

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They go into a little room with a desk and a computer and a chair for her and the doctor has a little folder with a file in it. They look at the file then smile at her. "Good news! You're perfectly healthy. There is nothing wrong with you."

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"But I have amnesia."

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"Well, according to these exams there is nothing bad going on about you."

They offer her the file. It is extremely sparse, with one section for the questionnaire results that says "No Abnormalities", one for the blood tests that just says "Patient Healthy", and one for the CT scan with a few pictures of X-rays of (presumably) her brain and a note that says "Everything Normal".

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"So what do you try next if your exams don't turn anything up but the patient still has amnesia."

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"Now you can just go home without worrying about anything! You're perfectly healthy," they say, still smiling.

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"- I'm not perfectly healthy! I can't remember anything from my life!"

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"I'm afraid I can't help with that."

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"Aren't you even going to refer me to a specialist?"

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"You are perfectly healthy."

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"If you had amnesia would you think you were perfectly healthy?"

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"The exam results are right here, ma'am."

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"That's not - I - do you even understand what I'm saying."

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"I'm afraid I can't help you any more."

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"I'm thinking about suing the hospital," she tries.

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"That is your right, ma'am."

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This is weird.

This is very very weird.

If she's perfectly healthy -

"How old are you," she asks the doctor.

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"I am an adult," they reply with no trace of confusion.

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"What are your parents' names?"

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"That information is personal, ma'am."

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"But do they like. Exist. Your parents."

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"Ma'am, I have more patients to see."

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Right.

She goes back out to the waiting room.

She sits down next to a random lone person and says, "Hello. What's your name?"

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