The girl’s speech sounded natural, she clearly had no difficulties thinking or talking, which was a good sign. She also either accepted Clifford’s two-noseness or regained her sense of reality. Or maybe she was just too excited to answer the healer’s question, and noses were of lower priority. Either way, the change of topic was welcome.
”That’s surely a remarkable memory,” Clifford smiled. The girl’s childhood could be interesting, but asking about it would hardly help to learn what had just happened with her. ”You remember things happened so long ago, but what about more recent things? What is the last thing you can remember, for example?” A second later, Clifford noticed a ‘loophole’ that would probably render his question useless. ”Aside from our conversation, of course.” From his experience, kids often took questions literally, and a recent unconsciousness could add to that, too.
”That’s surely a remarkable memory,” Clifford smiled. The girl’s childhood could be interesting, but asking about it would hardly help to learn what had just happened with her. ”You remember things happened so long ago, but what about more recent things? What is the last thing you can remember, for example?” A second later, Clifford noticed a ‘loophole’ that would probably render his question useless. ”Aside from our conversation, of course.” From his experience, kids often took questions literally, and a recent unconsciousness could add to that, too.