A bronze mirror and eight poems. A man's memory was wiped seven times. A woman remembered everything for him. She couldn't say "you loved me" - every "truth" would cause his memory to crack again. In the eighth cycle, he squatted by the dark river and picked up a warm copper coin.
There was an indentation on the coin, the shape of his thumb.
Dark River recognizes everyone's footsteps.
Purpose: It's not about love. It is about "remembering" itself - what is worth remembering, what can be forgotten, and why people choose to remember when remembering is more painful than forgetting.
