“Lethe is the river of forgetfulness that runs through the underworld, so the classics tell us, and there is nothing more potent than forgetfulness.
My tip of the hat to Greek mythology—one of my very first loves as a child. Also forshadowing Eve's life after the Alice network is destroyed: she spends decades trying to forget what happened, trying to bury her guilt, and it doesn't work no matter how much she drinks. Forgetting her past won't help her to heal—only facing it will do that.
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