"Wow, yeah, that sounds amazing." You push as much emotion as you can into your voice, trying hard to fake the sincerity that you don't feel at all. "Feeling like you're part of something bigger? Wow, that's such a great way to put it."
It totally works! Zoe gives you a warm smile, full of the earnest emotion that she feels with all her heart and that you don't feel at all.
"Exactly!" Zoe's earnest expression breaks into a smile. "I knew you'd understand."
Yup, you've got her trust; you're sure of it. So you push a little harder: "I do! So what kinds of memories are they?"
"You know," Zoe says again. "Important ones. You'll see when we get to the end of the summer. It will be great."
Okay, that's even weirder. You knew she trusted you, and that she wanted to share something important with you. But she didn't seem to have anything to actually share. Are her memories…gone?
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