"I don't know," said Heiji, looking thoughtful. "She's clearly a good actor. But... why would she agree to play along with a scenario like that, what with puttin' the bracelet on and everything? And exposing herself to danger with that hair dryer? I suppose the bracelet coulda been fake. And the other girl coulda been in on it, too. But her expression seemed so convincing..."

"There are a couple other possibilities, I guess. You know how Calhoun can erase our memories. I don't think it's that far-fetched to assume he can take away specific ones just like he can give us back whichever ones he chooses. If he wiped their memories up to a certain point each time, they wouldn't even know they were repeatin' the same scene. I doubt they'd act exactly the same each time, but most of the responses we had to choose from were canned..."