Chapter Two:
Oliver followed Slade as he twisted and turned through alleys and small streets in the Glades until he stopped at a small discrete house in the middle of a street. Slade pulled out a brick in the paving and grabbed a key that was behind it and opened the door and went inside, Oliver still following.
Once they were inside Oliver asked quietly "how?"
"A man named Floyd Lawton did the guard duty shift for a while after our encounter. He talked a lot. And eventually I began listening. Then thinking. He said he had some experience with drugs messing with memories and helped me shift through everything. There were a lot of things I thought were true that weren't upon reflection. And if they weren't true, those memories were and still are as vivid as if they happened yesterday, then what about other memories, older memories? The ones right after I was injected with the Mirakiru. And Lawton agreed with me. He asked who knew what happened then, and you're it kid. Lawton also told me what's been going on here. And so when he left so did I." he looked Oliver straight on, "I'm sorry kid."
Oliver looked into Slade's eyes for a moment, trying to identify any hint of deception. Slade had killed his mother after all. But he was also one of the only reasons Oliver had survived the island; Slade had also helped to save Sara's life that one time too. So he sat and began talking. The first time ever he had talked in length about what happened back then. And Slade listened, his fist's clenching tighter and tighter as he realized barely any of his memories were real.