“Sharrock’s parents explained that it wasn’t normal and they thought she might share the same condition.”
Or maybe she’s the normal one, and the rest of us are deficient.
Or, at least maybe her ability to remember is a trait we’ve lost.
Widespread literacy allows our brains to offload information which is accessible by reading later when we need it.
As a simple example of this, I can still remember my childhood phone number and those of a couple of my then close friends, but today I can not remember even close family members’ phone numbers because I never have to dial them. They’re in my cell phone contacts.
There are mentats among us?