Science. It had to be the answer, it always was. It had never failed him before, so it couldnt start now.

He looks at you, but all you see is a stranger. He said you knew each other, that you were a couple, but no memories of him exists.

Seeing you this confused, this clueless, made him feel woundable in some way.

As he depetrified you, he didnt expect any of this. The depetrification had healing abilities, not damaging. So the question was difficult; why did you forget everything?

”Are you hungry? Need anything at all?”, he asks slowly.