That's a pretty specific and complicated question.

[ but he does her the courtesy of fixing his attention on filling grounds and tamping them into the maker thingy. ]

I suppose, theoretically? But I've only heard gossip and rumors-- there's no real way to find out exactly how they work, you know?

[ no way to really prove that it's the quality and importance of a memory that makes it valuable to them. that you can't hide the best ones away, out of reach and safe in some mental box. ]