_{[Oh, Douglas. He ... really really isn't. Not that he's going to let that on too clearly.]}

Rule of thumb in our line of work is never to judge too quickly.

_{[Which he notes with just the kind of tone that indicates there's something to that, but he carries on in a fashion that means that there's not really room for comment.]}

The mind has its way of protecting us and not all of them are ways we understand. Forgetting is still dealing. Maybe not the best kind, but you can't really call it anything else.