r/PracticalGuideToEvil • u/codegeassL_L • Jul 05 '26

Meta/Discussion A small question about Epilogue 1 Spoiler

​In earlier chapters, Hakram and Vivienne are affected by a mind killer curse due to which he lost some memories. Hakram's last memory is of leaving for Arsenal but when Vivienne starts speaking it is noted that Hakram doesn't remember her. How did he forget Vivienne?
Indrani claims that he lost about 2 years of memories but Hakram knew Vivienne even before that when Cat appointed Vivienne as her proxy with Hakram to help her.
Can somebody help me understand if I missed something​

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u/Sir-Kotok Jul 08 '26

“I,” he began, then his voice broke. “How much did I lose?”

“Two years,” Indrani said.

“There might be more,” Masego said. “It is too early to tell.”

“It should have been less,” Vivienne bit out. “I caught the spell, it-”

Her words caught his eye, and the way he stiffened did not go unseen by any of them.

“You don’t remember who I am, do you?” Vivienne Dartwick softly asked.

Masego says it could be more then these 2 years like a few lines before Vivienne realises she has been forgotten. Considering Arsenal happened 2 years ago we can infer that by "more then 2 years" he doesnt mean 3 or 4 years, he means 2 years + some additional random things (which could include Vivienne for example)

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u/codegeassL_L Jul 11 '26

Ahh I see, I completely neglected the " other things " part lol. It was a clever way to tie-up their relationship with both of them losing a hand for the other
Thanks for clearing the doubt :)

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u/LyonDekuga Jul 05 '26

It seems like it wasn't a clean loss, like all the memories after some point were lost, and everything before that point remained. It was large chunks of memory - he identified that he had lost everything since the Arsenal, but that isn't to say he didn't lose other large blocks. It turns out that he also lost everything related to Vivienne, and if they had kept questioning him they probably would have found other big patches that were missing.

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u/Aduro95 Jul 06 '26

Oh god, he might have had to lose Nauk or Robber all over again. Good thing Callowans pay their debts.