He eventually recovers enough to become a private investigator. Decker’s first impulse is to commit suicide because he doesn’t know how he can function without his family.ĭecker can’t forget the horrific murder scene, and he goes into a downward spiral, losing his job and home. Decker builds a successful career as a detective until the night someone murders his wife, brother-in-law, and daughter. His new mental condition makes it difficult for Decker to relate to other people, and he’s only able to function because his wife and daughter act as a grounding influence. Unlike people who are born with these attributes, Decker is a manufactured savant. He is incapable of forgetting anything, even the smallest details about an event, and his brain categorizes information using a system of numbers and colors. Decker spends time at the Cognitive Research Institute, where his condition is diagnosed as a combination of hyperthymesia-which Decker refers to as his inner DVR (that is, digital video recorder)-and synesthesia.
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