Excuse
Forget
Forget verb - To be unable to recall or think of.
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- Instead, she asks him to close his eyes and kisses him, giving the excuse that a strong emotional experience will help him not forget her.
Source: I Uh You Too -
Eventually, he manages to completely forget about his actual childhood friend Kairi, whom Namine seems to have supplanted in his memories... and there's actually good excuse for all this!
Source: Remember the New Guy -
Excuse Plot: There's a plot in the game, but it's fairly generic, can be completed easily, and the fact that it's non-repeatable means most players will forget it once they're through with it.
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