Forget
Forget verb - To be unable to recall or think of.
Work out
Work out verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.
Both terms in one sentence
- If you screw up the time line in Tick Tack, Nerine will eventually forget who Rin is, though since she still longs for him for some reason it manages to work out okay anyway.
Source: Amnesiac Lover -
People freshly arrived will work out of habit, making nets and cleaning clothes, or they will wander seeking answers, but the work never goes anywhere - nets never get bigger, the clothes aren't cleaner - and bit by bit they forget everything, until they lie down and sleep.
Source: Mundane Afterlife -
The Legend Of Dick And Dom has an episode, "Forget Me Nuts", where all the characters (including a mysterious one we have not seen before) wake up with no memory and have to try and work out who they are, what happened, and what they need to do next.
Source: Easy Amnesia
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