It's been a month since Kartik had tin-, no, Naira in his care, but not much had changed. It seemed the initial progress which he had with her, had come to a stop. Keerti had already told him earlier, to not to get too excited or too impatient, Tina's recovery was going to be slow process.
FLASHBACK :-
Kartik was in the kitchen, preparing breakfast, lost in thoughts. Naira was still sleeping. The last night's incident was still playing in his mind. Tina's nightmare, her speaking Hindi, her real name, and him consoling her. He was happy and confused at the same time. He didn't know how to proceed forward, on what to do next. There was only one person who could help him and as if fate had planned this, his phone started ringing. As expected, it was his sister. Kartik immediately picked up.
Keerti :- hey.
Kartik spoke hurriedly :- Tinakarealnamepatachalgaya. It'sNaira. Andnotonlythatshe-
Keerti :- woah, woah, woah. Wait a sec. Kartik, mughe kuch samagh nahi aa raha. Thoda dheere bol.
Kartik breathed deeply and controlled himself before speaking again.
Kartik :- I said ki Tina ka real name pata chal gaya, it's Naira.
Keerti :- WHAT !!
Kartik wasn't surprised by her outburst.
Kartik :- yes.
Keerti :- kab ? Kaise ? Kahan ? I mean kaise ? She remembered so suddenly, mughe toh abhi iss cheez ki ummed bhi nahi thi, I mean how did this happen ?
Kartik :- haa, vo ussey vaise yaad nahi aaya, vo sapne mein boli.
Keerti :- sapne mein ?? Ek min. Tu mughe poori baat bata and don't miss out anything.
So Kartik slowly told her everything. Him working late last night, coming across Tina's room, finding out about her nightmares, him trying to help her and Tina speaking Hindi and uttering her name.
Keerti was quiet.
Kartik :- what happened Keerti ? Don't you think it's a good sign ki Tina ko sab kuch yaad aa raha, vo bhi itni jaldi.
Keerti :- look Kartik, I'll be honest, I am happy ki humein uska naam pata chal gaya, but it's better if you don't get your hopes up.
Kartik :- what ? Why ?
Keerti :- dekho, we already know ki Tin- I mean Naira is from India, so it's not shocking that she spoke Hindi, a person doesn't just forget their birth language, it's very rare. The only thing we can say is ki 90% chance hai ki vo northern India se hai. Uske alawa we can't say anything in regard to language.
Kartik :- but-
Keerti :- as for her name, usne ye naam subconsciously liya hai, when she was sleeping not when she was awake, because of the stopage of drugs, jo trauma brain mein peeche shift ho gaya tha, it's slowly coming out, which she is reliving in form of nightmares. Uski memories par Lage block ko hatne, ussey cheeze yaad aane mein abhi time lagega. Hamara naam hamare subconscious mind mein bahut deeply ingrained ho jaata hai, isliye memory loss ke case mein bhi kai log apna naam sunke un par react kar dete hai. Kuch Aisa hi yahan par bhi hai, Tina ne subconsciously apna naam bola hai, it means ussey kahin na kahin abhi bhi apna naam yaad hai, but abhi agar tum uss se baat karoge aur uska naam puchoge toh vo apna naam Tina hi bataegi.
Kartik was quiet the whole time and didn't speak afterwards.
Keerti :- kartik, hello. Are you listening to me ?
Kartik :- yeah, I am listening.
Keerti :- that's why I am saying, ki don't get your hopes up. Ussey aise ek dum se kuch yaad nahi aaega, I have already told you, it's a slow process, I am happy ki humein Tina ka real name pata chal gaya, but it's an accidental discovery. Tu khud soch ki agar tu kal uske kamre ka bahar se na jaata, toh kya tughe pata chalta.
