At 06:19 PM 8/28/00 -0700, Andrew Wilson wrote:
Ranma barked out a laugh. "I'd hate to disappoint you, but your memory
starts to wane after a few hundred years."
Now that's original, an immortal who doesn't have perfect recall :)
'Bout time too. He's human, so he forgets.
In Ghost Sweeper Mikami, one of the running gags is that Dr. Chaos, the
immortal alchemist, has lived so long, he doesn't remember how he created his
android Maria--or anything else important (like the elixir of life) when it's
convenient for the plot--because his brain ran out of room.
Johann Chua -- HP: http://www.geocities.com/fuuma_1999/
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