Formalin. He recognized it immediately, pungent and familiar. Outside, the fading sounds of late-night revellers returning home drifted toward him from the street. He breathed in; the formalin permeating his uniform, soaked in during the day on the wards, seeping into the cloth. He remembered it and experienced it, all at once. Memory to reality, Remorse is a story of regret of lost chances, missed opportunities. But how far would we be willing to go to change our reality, to alter our memories. And what would be the cost? For first year Nurse Smith, the past will haunt the future unless he changes his reality. But even if can understand what he must do, he can never comprehend the consequences of his actions.
