I misunderstood your earlier comment about Da Qing and amnesia, and thought you mean that Shen Wei might believe ZYL was 10,000 years old like Da Qing.
Oh, sorry. I think that was just me not being clear.
So when you say "If he hasn't figured out the time travelling yet" you mean if he hasn't figured out when the time-travelling happened, not if it was time travel, then?
Right. I think once he knows ZYL's the right person, he probably posits time travel as the most likely theory, and given that temporal effects are theorized as a side effect of using the Hallows, he may even determine they're the most likely culprits (and then warn ZYL to stop messing with them, because who knows how much time travelling they might send ZYL on without Shen Wei to stop it, he's even jealous of the time his younger self will get to spend with ZYL). Add another reason he's pissed that ZYL can't keep his hands off the LD.
(I feel like if the SID Chief had serious memory problems, it would either be in his file or Chu Shuzhi would know and have reported it, but I suppose they could have hushed it up if they were very careful.)
Ha! True. I was thinking more of situational amnesia, like Shen Wei wondered if ZYL had gone to the past and forgotten it on his return. Many of their early encounters are reading to me, on rewatching, as Shen Wei prompting ZYL, trying to understand why ZYL doesn't recognize him (and trying not to lose heart that this is his Kun Lun, because lollipops! And also Da Qing!). He doesn't see the gun until the Hanga Tribe arc, which I'm at now, but I think he's pretty convinced already. I also think he's still on the fence about what exactly happened, though; he hasn't brought up any temporal effects yet. I don't think those come into play until at least two of them are together, which might be the point when he starts working it out.
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Oh, sorry. I think that was just me not being clear.
So when you say "If he hasn't figured out the time travelling yet" you mean if he hasn't figured out when the time-travelling happened, not if it was time travel, then?
Right. I think once he knows ZYL's the right person, he probably posits time travel as the most likely theory, and given that temporal effects are theorized as a side effect of using the Hallows, he may even determine they're the most likely culprits (and then warn ZYL to stop messing with them, because who knows how much time travelling they might send ZYL on without Shen Wei to stop it, he's even jealous of the time his younger self will get to spend with ZYL). Add another reason he's pissed that ZYL can't keep his hands off the LD.
(I feel like if the SID Chief had serious memory problems, it would either be in his file or Chu Shuzhi would know and have reported it, but I suppose they could have hushed it up if they were very careful.)
Ha! True. I was thinking more of situational amnesia, like Shen Wei wondered if ZYL had gone to the past and forgotten it on his return. Many of their early encounters are reading to me, on rewatching, as Shen Wei prompting ZYL, trying to understand why ZYL doesn't recognize him (and trying not to lose heart that this is his Kun Lun, because lollipops! And also Da Qing!). He doesn't see the gun until the Hanga Tribe arc, which I'm at now, but I think he's pretty convinced already. I also think he's still on the fence about what exactly happened, though; he hasn't brought up any temporal effects yet. I don't think those come into play until at least two of them are together, which might be the point when he starts working it out.