A person who can remember events before the age of 5 is not common. However, events that are vividly imprinted in the mind tend to be from childhood.
Reyna's earliest memory was when she was 4 years old.
At that time, she had been hospitalized due to a carriage accident and had just been discharged.
Everything felt unfamiliar when she returned home.
The house, the streets, even her father who came to pick her up, everything felt strange.
As soon as her father brought her home, he took her to the courtyard. Her mother was sitting on a bench there.
Her mother sat motionless, staring blankly at the empty swing in the corner of the garden.
She looked like a hollow shell, as if her soul had left her body. It seemed as if she wasn't just asleep, but rather as if she had died with her eyes open.
"Honey, take a look at this. Reyna's back. She's alive and well."