

He later happened to meet her again, and eventually marry her, and River only realized later on that he had forgot their meeting at the carnival (Johnny confessed that he approached her in school because she was different, and revealed that he thought that was their first meeting). Johnny was given Beta Blockers to induce memory loss of the tragic event, also causing him to forget his first encounter with River. Shortly after, Johnny's twin brother Joey was killed in an accident. That night, Johnny gives River a toy platypus which River treasures for the rest of her life. The two agreed to meet at the same place the following year, with Johnny promising that should he forget or get lost, the two would "regroup on the moon". They looked at the night sky and made up a constellation: a rabbit with the moon as its belly. Rosalene must solve the problem to fulfill Johnny's dying wish of going to the moon.Įventually, it is revealed that Johnny and River met as children at a carnival. However, Johnny's mind does not create the new memories as planned. Supposedly, Johnny's mind would create new memories based on that desire, and Johnny would die believing he lived without any regrets. Upon reaching his childhood, the doctors attempt to insert his desire to go to the moon.

With each leap to an important moment in Johnny's memories, they learn more about him and what brought him to his current position in life, including his largely unhappy marriage to his childhood sweetheart, River. The doctors insert themselves into an interactive compilation of his memories and traverse backwards through his life via mementos. Johnny wants to go to the moon, although he doesn't know why. Neil Watts are tasked with fulfilling the lifelong dream of the dying Johnny Wyles. Since these artificial memories conflict with the patient's real memories, the procedure is only legal to do on people without much time left to live. They offer this as a "wish fulfillment" service to people on their death beds. Sigmund Corporation uses a technology that can create artificial memories.
