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Not Alone Page 22

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It's a hard decision to leave everything you know behind, even if, deep inside, you know it's the RIGHT decision. You'll waver. Your heart, head and gut will be at odds, each telling you to do a different thing.

In case you guys haven't caught on yet with the constant talk of Remembering and memories, Keyen have genetic memory. This means they are born with the memories of past generations. For example, they are born with the ability to understand multiple languages, even if they can't yet physically speak! Here, Fen Aya Zen is alluding to a different kind of genetic memory, mainly real memories of his ancestors about what it means to be Shan. Those memories come as Keyen grow up, because if they came all at once, well, that would overload anyone's brain.

These memories I'm talking don't include personalities. It would be kind of like reading a newspaper--the facts only. The information is all there, a feeling of who people or Keyen were, but each Keyen is his or her own. Personalities are not genetically imprinted.

Genetic memory usually fades with generational distance, yet some highly charged emotional events are shared by an entire Clan, and are never truly forgotten, even if the events leading up to that one, unforgettable, memory are. The meaning of Shan, how it came to be, why it is important--is all stuck somewhere inside of Fenni's head. He's just horribly impatient for it to come to him. That's all from me today! Check back next Thursday for page 23!

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