Generally speaking, it is best to wait. The pain isn't worth it, and they really won't come to you that way, no matter how hard you try.

[ Generally speaking, he says, like he hadn't thought himself into passing out every few days that first month here, like he hasn't been chasing after his memories with fingers outstretched.

His breath mists up into a tiny little personal cloud and drifts away into the damp stone. Everything is close-crowded and wrong. The sky is so much smaller. ]

It is strange, though. And hard to put into practice, because of course we want to know who we are! Is there anything in particular worrying you?