Legend had it that the Memory Creature lived in a cave on the edge of town and only the foolhardy went there as not everyone came back, not everyone found the memories they wanted and so often were confronted by a memory they thought had long been forgotten.

The Memory Creature had lived in this cave for so long and had accumulated so many memories it found it a terrible burden to be the keeper of what were the secrets of so many. In its brain it had found a place for the good, the bad and the ugly…..sadly for the creature the bad were nothing short of overwhelming.

But this was its purpose to be the holder of all these things but it did wonder why.

One day the Memory Creature looked out of his cave into the bright sunshine and remembered a time when its life wasn’t the responsibility it was.

It was a time when he had had a friend. The young mistress Gwen had been a frequent visitor one of the few who wasn’t terrified of him. Gwen would come and sit with him and play a game they called “Remember when.”

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