Engram, noun;
1. The supposed physical basis of an individual memory in the brain.
2. A presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
He's kissing Marlene on the sofa in the common room. Her wine-coloured lipstick is smeared over both of them.
You're distinctly reminded of a polar bear tearing its way through a seal, an image from a documentary you watched with your mother in a distant life. You remember the blood stained muzzle being raised to the sky and the staring eyes of the seal, guts oozing wine-red across the snow and a wild, triumphant glint in steely polar bear eyes.
A/N I've got an electric guitar and swine flu. What more could a girl want?