The Repository
There are containers similar to this one dotted all over the country and this is where all your used Thoughts and forgotten Memories go when they leave your consciousness. They peel away from you and quickly find their way to one of these repositories, where they wait a while just-in-case you might need them again soon.
After a suitable amount of time, all of the Memories are separated out, labelled and sent to a nearby underground storage bunker, while the Thoughts are piped to smaller, porous containers where they are allowed to dissipate naturally into the aether. When appropriate, the stored Memories of the recently deceased are processed and released to join the Thoughts in said fifth element.
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Usual caveats etc.
The Repository
There are containers similar to this one dotted all over the country and this is where all your used Thoughts and forgotten Memories go when they leave your consciousness. They peel away from you and quickly find their way to one of these repositories, where they wait a while just-in-case you might need them again soon.
After a suitable amount of time, all of the Memories are separated out, labelled and sent to a nearby underground storage bunker, while the Thoughts are piped to smaller, porous containers where they are allowed to dissipate naturally into the aether. When appropriate, the stored Memories of the recently deceased are processed and released to join the Thoughts in said fifth element.
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Usual caveats etc.