I can't wait for the rest - I'm curious to find out if it's just the shock of recognizing his own face, and putting pieces of the story together....or if seeing/doing that has also sparked any memories.
I think that there's an outside possibility that things can be salvaged, if he *doesn't* remember anything, and simply has to be told the truth of what happened. He won't be pleased with himself, and might even be angry at Lisa and James, both for popping into his life at all (though it was hardly their fault to start with), and for remaining in it - and for not filling him in, but also *for* it - because not-knowing was the entire point.
I think he'd want to separate himself from them again, especially with his quirky sense of 'protecting' Lisa. But if she can convince him that he isn't a danger now, if he ever was....the knowing (without the deep emotional component of the memories) might function as a warning, much like the insertion of the note on opiate addiction in his files. He would understand what he's capable of, but perhaps without the trigger to do it again, and could possibly make better choices going ahead...still as Pete? Might as well, if he *doesn't* remember, and if his old name doesn't hold enough personal recognition for him.
Knowledge without memory might work for him.
Of course, if he does start remembering things, all bets are off. And he can be so obstinate.
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I can't wait for the rest - I'm curious to find out if it's just the shock of recognizing his own face, and putting pieces of the story together....or if seeing/doing that has also sparked any memories.
I think that there's an outside possibility that things can be salvaged, if he *doesn't* remember anything, and simply has to be told the truth of what happened. He won't be pleased with himself, and might even be angry at Lisa and James, both for popping into his life at all (though it was hardly their fault to start with), and for remaining in it - and for not filling him in, but also *for* it - because not-knowing was the entire point.
I think he'd want to separate himself from them again, especially with his quirky sense of 'protecting' Lisa. But if she can convince him that he isn't a danger now, if he ever was....the knowing (without the deep emotional component of the memories) might function as a warning, much like the insertion of the note on opiate addiction in his files. He would understand what he's capable of, but perhaps without the trigger to do it again, and could possibly make better choices going ahead...still as Pete? Might as well, if he *doesn't* remember, and if his old name doesn't hold enough personal recognition for him.
Knowledge without memory might work for him.
Of course, if he does start remembering things, all bets are off. And he can be so obstinate.