Music Playing: "Nessa's Lament" by Exist Strategy
We didn't have a whole lot of money and we wound up sleeping in an alleyway. We managed to light a small campfire, in an old pie pan. Good thing that Ryuuko brought matches with her, I guess. We had to take turns staying awake, so the fire won't go out, and, by a point, we were both awake. She looked like she cried a few times in her sleep and I asked her if she was okay. She didn't tell me so much but just said, "It was kinda windy that day." before she muttered something about matches and Memory.
It was real quiet for a bit before Ryuuko said, "I don't know where she got the matches." I could tell this was about Memory and that she did cry in her sleep. I didn't say anything and she told me, "It was chilly, like it is now, 'cept it was winter almost. I don't really remember, I just know it was cold enough for us to light a fire. I jus' don't know where she got the matches. She ain't have that many."
"What else do you remember?"
"Not much else. I jus' remembered that because, well, something lit a match in my mind."
"Huh?"
"I don't know how else to say it, Mako. I remember it being chilly and Memory had matches."
She lit another match, before telling me again that she didn't remember where Memory got the matches, before telling me, "I wish I could have remembered her face, Mako, but her hair was in the way." She didn't say anything else for awhile, until the sun started to come up and the fire started to go out.
"Why'd she leave me all those years ago, Mako?"
"I don't know, Ryuuko."
At least, I guess, Memory didn't leave Ryuuko all alone in the cold.