[Not all those words make sense, but Ven gets the gist of what's being said. Trauma... that's the keyword.

He falls quiet and looks down again, frowning lightly.]

I... think I know what you mean. But what if it was... [His frown deepens. How to compare it...] ...Well -- I think... My file said someone used me for something, but I don't remember it. But -- he wouldn't've messed with my memory, even if he could have. He would've wanted me to remember it.

[Because Vanitas is a piece of trash. If Ven's voice hardens a bit as he says it, that's why.]

But... I don't know how I wouldn't know. But I don't know why that file would've made it up, either. Everything else around that was accurate.

[And, well -- since Rukia seems familiar with the topic, it's worth asking.]

If I did forget somehow... d'you think there'd be a way to try and remember?