Seeing old friends

[nats]

we deflect. we've forgotten more than most people remember. we just smile sweetly when asked about something and respond vaguely 'oh yeah, that was great...' then just let them talk while nodding and making affirmative noises. if we're asked about something directly and the rest fails (rare, as most people like to talk about themselves), we just call it early onset senility and ask them to remind us. most of the time we don't know what people are talking about so it's a very practiced art.