Even if Mia is gone, the promises she made are still there, her involvement with them ebbing away like a ship in the distance. But she remembers that the person she is did make a promise, and what the person she is feels.

“I made a mistake, Angus,” she begins. “We took a step forward, but to get there... In the casino, we had to gamble, and I think I’ve lost... me.”

She has the presence to look sheepish, even if the expression on her face is a bit borrowed from a younger, bluer lawyer. “I remember everyone but who I am.”

The look of determination she gives him would seem borrowed, too, even though it’s a look she and Phoenix simply share. Her manner of speech, though, is his— not that it would be familiar to Angus.

“That’s why I need your help to help all of us get out of here. I can’t remember myself, but I remember believing in you.”