Gately on Boston AA — "Why the couch had little protective…"
Why the couch had little protective doilies on the arms when it usually had a plastic cover on it Gately cannot recall or explain.
Context
The mother-block's honest bookkeeping: dates hedged, and one domestic detail flatly marked unretrievable. The surfacing memories arrive with their gaps attached and audited — which is what distinguishes this from flashback narration: the scene keeps reporting on the faculty's performance, not just its contents.