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I'm Fei Fei, and hello.
It's me, Neil.
Did you see Roy's dog today?
Roy has a dog?
Yes, it's Shih Tzu, and he brought her into the office today.
She was so cute.
Oh, sorry I missed her.
So what was her name?
Um.
Oh, it escapes me.
What?
She escaped.
Did you find her?
No, Neil.
The only thing that escaped was her name from my memory.
When we say something escapes me, we mean we can't remember something at that moment.
I'm sure her name will come to me eventually, Neil.