Although I don't have a doctorate, I'd like to step up and prove I can take a look at those. [ He's pretty aces at anything that isn't biology, and even then... ]

How deep is this thing in our heads? Does it have any sort of power in the town itself to set up identities if you don't have a say in how it forms those memories? Not everyone was going back to the hospital each month as we were being woken up, but people remember each other. Is it still on in us?