"Really?" Aaron gently hooks fingers into Julien's mouth to take a look. "Hm. So it is." The reaction to the weird shit that is going on in Julien's mouth is so understated that it's almost comical. "That's what happens when you don't come to see me for months at a time," he chides. "I get behind, and you leave me dealing with completely unfamiliar physiology in a crisis.

"But I know what you're referring to," he says, carefully and slowly giving Julien more water. "Most of those days I can't remember at all. But I do have one brief memory -- one that came back with the rest of the missing pieces of 2013. I thought it might have been a dream, until I came here."