Watching Bandages skillfully tattoo his own skin, Charles spoke in a teasing tone, "What, are you afraid you won't remember?"
Bandages nodded as he worked. "It's a habit... Something this important... is better to tattoo... I've forgotten... so many things... from the past..."
Charles thought for a moment, then looked at his first mate. "How about I try to help you retrieve all your lost memories? With my current abilities, I should be able to do it."
After a moment's hesitation, Charles spoke again. "I see many echoes in you, and a lot of them are very good."
The rapidly moving tattoo needle in Bandages's hand stopped. Only he truly understood how much the Captain's words meant to him.
As an immortal being, Bandages knew only his present and parts of his distant past, but nearly a millennium of memories in between had disappeared.
