A martyr is a man who cares so much for something outside him, that he forgets his own personal life.

Upon appearing in this illusion, Hal seemed to forget his other life entirely.

In fact he can forget his whole life, if he overdoses.

Day by day, the little girls seemed to forget their former life.

I must forget my old life, and make a new one here and now.

She drinks often, saying she is trying to forget her hard life.

"It's something I will never forget my whole life."

Following this, John is defeated, and lives homeless on the streets, drinking to forget his life.

He said one thing he'd never forget in all his life.

What had they experienced together that had been so terrible he'd wanted to forget his whole life rather than live with the fact?