Don't take it personally. [She eyes his concern with no small measure of guilt.] I'm really fuzzy on most people. At first...but, give it time. It'll come to me. Things kinda have a weird habit of floating to the surface. Like--[oh, she snaps her fingers!]--like a dead memory-goldfish, that eventually comes to bob at the top of the tan--[Buffy sighs.]

Okay. Bad metaphor. Can I start over, please?