I was in California, working on someone's ranch, I think. Rose Creek?

[He's clearly struggling to remember, but it also seems like he's struggling on purpose. There's a part of him that's built up a wall, that wants to forget about everything else other than this wish he's made to understand what modernity is like. It's so much easier to be Alejandro, to shuffle off the old life.

The trouble is, Claire isn't stopping.]

I told you. Yesterday, I went out for a bit of a run, stopped by the pond thing for a drink when I got too hot, then came home and showered. It's not a funny joke, this, you know.

[What was his wish to come here? And why isn't it there? Why can't he remember?]