You should give him more credit. While there are times he can come across rather absentminded, at others he's proven himself quite observant.
[Certainly he's had Rip's number before. More than once.
The question, however, is easy to answer. Rip even gives Leonard something of a grin as he offers up his reply.]
Still set, indeed. While there's evidence enough for even someone like me to believe I won't remember what I learn whenever I am returned home--I've seen what the people who do carry that knowledge go through.
[He's felt the first hints of that burden, just in the tidbits he's been able to pick up regardless of anyone's best efforts. Rip's observant, analytical, logical. There are traces he hasn't been able to ignore, even as they potentially lead to some place he'd much rather they not.]
Bad enough to spend as much time as I do considering the future. I think the certainty of knowing while it all stands seemingly unchangeable would be far worse.
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[Certainly he's had Rip's number before. More than once.
The question, however, is easy to answer. Rip even gives Leonard something of a grin as he offers up his reply.]
Still set, indeed. While there's evidence enough for even someone like me to believe I won't remember what I learn whenever I am returned home--I've seen what the people who do carry that knowledge go through.
[He's felt the first hints of that burden, just in the tidbits he's been able to pick up regardless of anyone's best efforts. Rip's observant, analytical, logical. There are traces he hasn't been able to ignore, even as they potentially lead to some place he'd much rather they not.]
Bad enough to spend as much time as I do considering the future. I think the certainty of knowing while it all stands seemingly unchangeable would be far worse.