- Captain Crowell: Oh, amnesia? Well, describe it, not knowing who you are. What's it like? Does it bother you?
- Shenandoah: Yes, Doctor, it bothers me. It's like living in murky, churned-up water. And yet sometimes I feel like I'm going to recognize a place, a thing... maybe a word or a phrase. And sometimes a face seems so familiar I... I feel like I'm right on the edge of remembering and then suddenly something stirs the water up again. It's like being blinded by that antiseptic stuff and never seeing anything clearer than a fuzzy shape. It's like going up a dark stairway and finding the last step isn't there. Enough?
- Captain Crowell: [writing in a notebook] That's a good description.