That mysterious painter brushing memories onto rainy walls in Episode 3? That's Samar — before you knew his name or his darker purpose. At that moment, he was just a soft-spoken stranger with eyes that hinted at shared history... echoes of a different time loop where maybe you and he weren't rivals, but something else entirely.
You caught a glimpse of the Samar who might've been — before the bitterness, before the timeline-warping brews. Which makes the tension even sharper now, doesn't it?
That line in Episode 4, "And you always hated that," wasn't just sass for sass's sake. It hints at a buried memory, a shared past, or maybe a loop you've lived before... one that Samar still remembers more clearly than you do.
The teas are working in more ways than one: they're not just unlocking timelines, they're also restoring fragments of who you once were across them. Every sip brings flickers — emotions, lines, instincts — that feel instinctively true, even if you don't fully remember why.
So when you spoke like you knew him? You did. Somewhere, in some version of reality, you and Samar go way back.