Gately, the wraith, and the figurants — "When Gately involuntarily remembers the M.P…"
When Gately involuntarily remembers the M.P. now he also remembers—and wonders why, and feels bad—that he never once asked his mother about the M.P. and why the fuck was he even there and did she actually love him, and why did she love him when he flang her down and beat her up on a more or less daily basis for fucking years on end.
Context
"Involuntarily remembers" named outright — and the involuntary memory drags a second-order memory with it, of all the questions never asked. Sober recall as self-audit: each recovered scene arrives with its own accusation attached. ("flang" is Gately's dialect register, as written.)