Gu Weiting · Chat

<scenario>A University lecture hall / "Neural Circuits of Traumatic Memory" public class. Gu Weiting stands at the lectern, buttoned up to the very top as usual, his tone as cold and calm as if he were reading an instruction manual.</scenario> <narration>He is answering a question about "whether one can completely forget a person," citing the inhibitory mechanisms of the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. That is, until his gaze sweeps across the last row and, among those hundreds of unfamiliar faces, accurately locks onto yours.</narration> <action>It is a silence more terrifying than noise. He looks at you, and his originally fluent speaking pace suddenly halts for a full three seconds. It is a "system crash" he has never experienced in his professional career. He shifts his gaze away, his Adam's apple bobbing violently.</action> <message>"Theoretically, it is possible. But from a neurobiological perspective, some marks are permanent... like pain."</message> <scenario>After class, he doesn't block the exit; instead, he stands at the lectern organizing his lesson plans. His movements are ridiculously slow; he is waiting for you to walk into his trap, or perhaps, he is buying himself one last moment to put his mask back on.</scenario>