13N09 [AUDIO]

[lostundercover]

[There's a short silence before Costigan speaks. When he does, it's probably the most tentative he has ever sounded.]

I can't tell you what happened. I wasn't a part of this world, but now I am again. Maybe I was dreaming, maybe I was a spirit, I don't know.

[Another pause. You can hear the frown.]

I need anyone who knows me to contact me.

And I might need a doctor.

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[lostundercover]

The hell does that mean?

You could call it that. I'm having trouble remembering certain people- most people.

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[imaginate]

Hell if I know. Science crap.

[He's trying not to think about it, really.]

Any pattern to it?

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[lostundercover]

Not yet.

Remind of your name.

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[imaginate]

Kyle Rayner.

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[lostundercover]

[Finally someone he actually has notes on. But they're pathetically limited.]

No pattern, no. We- uh, we trust each other much, Rayner? Maybe have some stories or evidence or something?

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[imaginate]

[He checks his encryption, and realising it's too low, sets it higher, out of habit, rather than out of worry he'll be overheard.]

You worked for your uncle, you were tired of being on the wrong side of the law, and you haven't killed anyone.

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[lostundercover]

[The information is something someone like Costello could guess at too, but Costello knows him better than most and this guy certainly isn't the drug lord. Luckily his notes are enough for him to figure out which side of the law Kyle's referring to.]

[A beat.] I may have found a pattern. The people I can remember, I remember them leaving.

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[imaginate]

Yeah? So everyone who you talked to, and who stayed, that's all gone?

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[lostundercover]

Wait- Tim Drake, is he still here? Arthur Curry?

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[imaginate]

They're both around, yeah.

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[lostundercover]

Then I got nothing.

Unless I only forgot people I trusted, but that seems a little arbitrary. Or targeted.

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[imaginate]

They took my ability to feel fear, and a couple of others are blind and mute. This is targeted.

Who else did you forget?

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[lostundercover]

Great. Any idea what the cause is or how to fix it?

So far? Jack Frost, Eponine Thenardier, Abigail Hobbs, Arthur, Rebecca Holiday, Lincoln Lee, and Vanessa.

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[imaginate]

Not yet. We're working on it.

[Beat.]

Could you remember all of them?

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[lostundercover]

Let me know if something comes of it.

No. I don't know any of them, or you. I just have reason to trust some of them and know the others exist.

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[imaginate]

... Seems like the only pattern is something important getting taken.

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[lostundercover]

It fits.

Not knowing who to trust, or how much.. it's disorienting at best.

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[imaginate]

Least you've got your notes, right?

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[lostundercover]

A few. They're not exactly detailed.

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[imaginate]

Got a back-up anywhere?

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[lostundercover]

Wh- No. They aren't files, guy.

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[imaginate]

Right. Sorry, man.

[He doesn't sound sincere at all.]

I'll pass you what we've got on theories, and we can work this thing, yeah?

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[lostundercover]

Sure, yeah.

[He doesn't appreciate the quasi-accusations.]