"I don't understand any of this," current Nala admitted. "These memories don't align with what I know of myself."
"Maybe because what you 'know' isn't actually what happened?" Zara suggested. "I mean, there you are in the past, making googly eyes at one."
"I do not make 'googly eyes'! I am a divine being!"
"A divine being who apparently had a crush on my Elio."
The memory shifted to show Elio bringing Nala another gift. The joy on her face was undeniable.
"This is impossible," Nala muttered. "I wouldn't... I couldn't..."
"Couldn't what? Feel something? Because Evidence Exhibit A is playing out right in front of us, and let me tell you, that is not the face of someone conducting 'research'."
Memory-Nala usual superior tone was replaced with genuine enthusiasm for sharing knowledge.
"Even if these memories are real," Nala argued, "they clearly don't matter. I don't remember any of this."
