Okay, so, Lucien is Molly's real name? Ritual that went wrong. Missing wizard and a stolen book. Last 2 years memory wiped. Wtf went on in your past Molly that you can't remember? What ritual were you trying to do, and why? Was it to do with that rift maybe?
It sounds like it's a name he had 2 years ago, which could be but isn't necessarily his original one, and I think the implication would be memories prior to the past two years being wiped? Although the passphrase situation (and his immediate choice to BS his way through a conversation with a person he doesn't recognize who recognizes him) implied that his recent memory is also spotty.
...Unless, of course, he actually learned that passphrase more than two years ago and misremembers the context because it's into the zone of whatever memory issues are caused by The Ritual, plus he knows that something about his memory is fucked up but not that the issues are it's limited to >2 years ago because he can't remember whatever happened 2 years ago that made that difference.
Alternatively, maybe we'll find out his memory has always been a shitshow; the ritual was supposed to fix it, and it had absolutely no effect. He learned the "BS the conversation" trick in the last two years, which is why Cree is fooled into thinking the ritual worked. 😝
