On July 16th, 2003, Specialist Ryland of Site-██ conducted an interview with Agent █████, who was affected by July 12th's ED-K Lethe Event. Specialist Ryland was, at the time, Site-██'s only employee who had undergone Mk. III ARTMET training, and thus was able to successfully counter the effects of the event long enough to interview Agent █████ and lead preliminary research efforts on SCP-3848. A transcript of the relevant interview segment follows:

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10:02 | Specialist Ryland: As you've been informed, I'm conducting this series of interviews to determine the effects of this memory-affecting event on Site-██'s personnel, including myself. Do you still have in mind the topic we'll be discussing?



10:02 | Agent █████: Yeah, you said dogs, right?

10:02 | Specialist Ryland: That's correct. You have a dog at home, yes?



10:02 | Agent █████: I do?

10:02 | Specialist Ryland: You cited to me before this interview that you own a white Russian wolfhound.



10:02 | Agent █████: A Russian- That does sound familiar. What did you say this Russian thing was?

10:02 | Specialist Ryland: A dog. Canines are a non-anomalous type of animal that humans have domesticated and bred just like we did with cats.

Agent █████ pauses for 10 seconds.



10:03 | Agent █████: Wow. I wonder how I went so long without knowing that. What else did you need to ask?

10:03 | Specialist Ryland: It's imperative you understand that you very recently did know about dogs, but were anomalously induced to forget by the effects of newly-discovered SCP-3848, a memory loss phenomenon. Site-██, and the rest of ████ County, were just affected by an event that caused us to forget canines exist. People outside of our area were not affected. I have had memetic resistance training that allows me to focus on the topic longer than most, but SCP-3848 induces repetitive memory loss and our research has shown that subjects forgotten are invariably forgotten again, even if retaught. Does this make sense to you?



10:03 | Agent █████: Yes. It's not the craziest I've heard. I'll try to wrap my head around it.

10:04 | Specialist Ryland: Alright. Unfortunately, this is the third time that I've given you this briefing. I recommend clearing your head of any and all thoughts or topics except for dogs, SCP-3848, and this conversation. I have some pictures of dogs printed out here on the table for you. Try to explain what your reaction is to seeing these pictures of dogs.



10:04 | Agent █████: I don't like how you keep saying 'dogs'. It doesn't sound like a real word.

10:04 | Specialist Ryland: Noted. Can you please look at these images of dogs?

Agent █████ picks up a photograph of their pet, a white Borzoi.



10:04 | Agent █████: It doesn't look real. Almost like a horse, but too soft. Hard to believe that we've always had these things around.

10:04 | Specialist Ryland: Indeed. That dog is yours, and lives in your townhome offsite.



10:05 | Agent █████: This is mine? I don't know how to take care of it. What do we do about that?

10:05 | Specialist Ryland: Personnel from my department will address that with you later today.



10:05 | Agent █████: Are all of these pictures… dogs?

10:05 | Specialist Ryland: Yes. These are all different breeds of dogs.

Agent █████ picks up a photograph of an American pitbull.



10:05 | Agent █████: Wow, this looks very different from the white one. Probably the most different out of all of the pictures here. And what type of creature is this?

10:05 | Specialist Ryland: This is also a dog.



10:05 | Agent █████: Oh, right, a dog. And what SCP did you say they are?

10:05 | Specialist Ryland: Dogs are not an SCP object. Your memory of dogs, which are a very well-known and domesticated type of animal all over the planet, is being anomalously influenced by SCP-3848.



10:05 | Agent █████: Oh, right, right. You told me about that one.

10:05 | Specialist Ryland: Yes. Now, could you please describe for the record the thoughts and feelings you are experiencing every time you make an attempt to remember dogs, or think about dogs?



10:05 | Agent █████: Very uncomfortable. I feel like I should be talking about something else.

10:05 | Specialist Ryland: Do you feel there is a reason for this?

Agent █████ is silent for 8 seconds.



10:05 | Agent █████: Not really. It feels like… um… I'm sorry, I'm losing my train of thought here. Can you repeat your q- Wait, no, no, I remember, damn it. These pictures are of dogs. Okay, I've got this. Something doesn't want me to remember dogs. Do you know the concept of dimensions higher than three?

10:06 | Specialist Ryland: We need to make an effort to stay on the topic of dogs, and SCP-3848.



10:06 | Agent █████: Just bear with me. You know when you look at a 3D rendition of a 4D cube, and you sort of get it, but you feel like you're missing some key aspect of actually processing how it exists, and you just can't get yourself to comprehend it, because you have no way of perceiving the space it naturally exists in?

10:06 | Specialist Ryland: I think so, yes.



10:06 | Agent █████: That's what looking at these pictures of dogs makes me think. I get that these easily could have showed up in Earth's evolution — er, I mean, I get that that's why they're real — but they look and feel alien. Thinking about them is like thinking about those other dimensions in space. I get that it's possible, but I don't have the means to comprehend it.

10:06 | Specialist Ryland: Excellent. Thank you.



10:06 | Agent █████: Is that it? Can I go now? I really want to think about something else. All of this memetic shit is giving me a headache. I don't think I'd make it if I were in your department.

10:06 | Specialist Ryland: Yes, that's it. I'll have two of my coworkers meet you at your house tonight to discuss what to do with your dog.

10:07 | Agent █████: Oh wow, I don't think I caught the fact that I have a dog. I wonder what I'm going to do about that.

10:07 | Specialist Ryland: Again, our personnel will assist you with that. For the time being, this interview is concluded. You may return to your shift.

10:07 | Agent █████: Oh, okay, thanks.

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