That was a right question, one that eased the edge off Sabine's mood, if still doing nothing for her pain. "I can, but it's going to take some time. If I try to force it, they may lose the memories they have of the events."
It wasn't generally her way to explain, but she couldn't see how it could hurt the situation to be a little more forthcoming now that Hawk was being reasonable. "The problem with spirits is that they're mostly emotional imprints. They only remember the things that tie them to the living world--like family or religion, or revenge. The spirits of those who have been murdered sometimes remember their attackers, but to get anything out of them that they didn't know in life, I have to be able to compare their stories to each other and what I can learn from the scene, witnesses, friends and family. At home--" Before Muir, anyone, and she and Shola had been going back to it when she arrived here. "--I did a lot of this sort of thing. It tended to be helpful in a world where it's possible to murder someone from a half a mile away and leave no trace."
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Re: First arrivals - Hawk, Sabine, Scott
Date: 2016-07-29 05:39 am (UTC)It wasn't generally her way to explain, but she couldn't see how it could hurt the situation to be a little more forthcoming now that Hawk was being reasonable. "The problem with spirits is that they're mostly emotional imprints. They only remember the things that tie them to the living world--like family or religion, or revenge. The spirits of those who have been murdered sometimes remember their attackers, but to get anything out of them that they didn't know in life, I have to be able to compare their stories to each other and what I can learn from the scene, witnesses, friends and family. At home--" Before Muir, anyone, and she and Shola had been going back to it when she arrived here. "--I did a lot of this sort of thing. It tended to be helpful in a world where it's possible to murder someone from a half a mile away and leave no trace."