A Firefly's Monologue #15

"And when he woke up he couldn't remember. But the woman hugged him anyway."

"Why? He shouldn't not have forgotten, right? And that was the most important thing he could have done for her, right?"

"He couldn't remember anything. Not even her name. And yet the woman embraced him tightly."

"Didn't it hurt her at all that he have forgotten about her?"

"It did. But she was happy."

"Why?"

"He kept his promise. And he came back."

"Will he remember her again?"

"Does it matter?"

"Is he still the same?"

The firefly smiled.

"He is bound by the promise he kept for her," the firefly replied.