The Rememberer
by Aimee Bender
Annie - speaker / narrator
Ben - Annie's lover
The story begins a month into transformations. Ben is a sea turtle. Annie believes he is traveling through evolution.
The day before the transformations began, Sam was "sad about the world" (Bender 3).
Annie spoke about how they used to talking about sadness and question the concepts of being smart or too smart.
On Ben's last night, he slept outside, under the moon.
At first sight of Ben as an ape, Annie was not afraid. She believed it was only temporary.
Throughout each transition, Annie never called for help. Perhaps after he made it past the ape phase no one would believe her.
She feeds Ben, now a salamander, honey because Ben loved honey.
This was it though, a month in to Ben's transformations, Annie's limit was the salamander. She no longer believed he would be coming back.
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