Everneath Memory and the Past Quotes

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Quote #4

I kept my eyes on Will, but he seemed to know where my attention was, because he glanced over at Jack and then back to me. "You know, having a good memory is sort of a family trait with the Caputo brothers." (17.80)

Nikki and Will have a conversation about memory at the post-Feed Christmas Dance while dancing together. Will claims that remembering is easy but forgetting is hard, and Nikki says it's the opposite for her. But when Will says that he and Jack share the Caputo good memory trait, it makes Nikki wonder what he's getting at. Just what does Jack remember about Nikki? And what's he going to do about it?

Quote #5

"I mean, you didn't completely forget about me in the Everneath, did you?"

"No." Wasn't it obvious on my face? That he was the only thing I remembered? My memories of Jack should've been etched on my skin by now, for all the world to see. (20.93-94)

After Nikki comes clean to Jack about the Everneath and what she went through, he asks whether she completely forgot him while there. Duh—no, of course not. But this might be the point where Nikki realizes that her memories may be obvious to her, but this doesn't mean other people can tell what she remembers and what she doesn't. It's called relationship communication, people, and Nikki and Jack clearly need more of it.

Quote #6

"Meredith says she came back for me. It's ridiculous, really, her attachment to me. I raised her better than that. And now I can do nothing for her. Nor she, me. The moment she left for the Feed, I let her go from my mind and my heart." (24.70)

Mrs. Jenkins has a strange relationship with memory and the past. She's all like, "Yeah, I totally forgot my daughter as soon as she set foot in the Everneath. Totes cool." Er, right. What kind of weird upbringing do you have to have in order to feel good about saying that kind of thing? The Daughters of Persephone apparently encourage it, as weird as it might seem to us normal folks.