Chapter Three: Wuyin Street

She nodded, then looked at the red text flooding his phone. “But it didn’t bring you back only for me. It wants you to make this city remember everyone it erased.” For the first time, Lacuna displayed a complete dialogue box. [CARRIER SYNCHRONIZATION COMPLETE.] [LIN MO, DO YOU WISH TO RESTORE YOUR ORIGINAL MEMORY?] Two buttons appeared: ACCEPT and DECLINE. DECLINE was rapidly fading. All along Wuyin Street, figures turned toward him through walls, windows, and suspended rain. At last Lin understood Xu’s warning. The extension never invented facts, but it chose which truth he saw and when he saw it. He did not press Accept. He looked at the girl. “What happens if I remember?”