“Don’t use formal speech. Please.” That was the first thing she asked of me when I woke up. I couldn’t remember anything—not who she was, with her amber eyes, nor how I ended up here. Nothing. And yet, she told me to call her Nora.

“Don’t use formal speech. Please.” That was the first thing she asked of me when I woke up. I couldn’t remember anything—not who she was, with her amber eyes, nor how I ended up here. Nothing. And yet, she told me to call her Nora.