If things had been different, I definitely would've remembered that terrifying summer in all of its awfulness as well as the good times we had. It wasn't all bad.

My life would've been a lot different, I think, if I hadn't forgotten it all when we moved away.

[ He sighs and shrugs. It is what it is, though. Can't change the past. ]

Yeah, I would think it would've made it harder. I'm betting that's all it is. She wasn't ready to let go of you being her baby sister but that doesn't mean she actually thinks you're a baby. I'm sure she doesn't.