--t is this?
[ The NV apparently is recording, though only Ella's sleepy voice at the moment. ] Ow my head. [ Silence follows for a few minutes. ]
This isn't... Hello? ... Mandy? [ There's no way someone can fake the confusion in this voice. ] Benny? Slannen
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Ella? Hell's Bells. Ella, this is Harry Dresden.
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Who said -- Benny, is that you? [ It didn't sound like Benny... ] Who's Harry?
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No -- No, I can't be suffering memory loss. I remember clearly leaving home with Benny, meeting Slannen, and I was going to with him to his village for dinner.
And instead I find myself ... what must be leagues away from anywhere near Frell or the Elf Village. Besides, I haven't hit my head.
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...How do you know this anyway?
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Your fault? What do you mean?
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Because I thought I could fix your... condition. And I did, but only for a few days and I think this is fallout from that. Ella, I'm so sorry. But I need to see you so I can see if I can reverse the memory loss.
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[ And balking in surprise - let's put that memory loss on hold for a second. ] My condition... you know about that? ... did I tell you? [ Assuming he was telling the truth, that had to be one of the few reasons he could know about that. ]
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Sort of. We worked out a way where I could ask you questions and if I was wrong, you said 'no' and if I was right, you just didn't say anything, since you couldn't say 'yes'.
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And you - fixed that condition, but it's only lasting for a few days...?
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Please let me come take a look to make sure nothing else is going to happen and if I can fix this?
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All right. I live at... ... [ ...oh she has no idea where she lives. ]
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