Prosopagnosia, or face blindness, is a very real medical condition in which an afflicted individual is unable to distinguish facial characteristics of individuals, including friends, family, or even themselves.

The invasion of China offered Tulai, as it did his fellow officers, unprecedented opportunities for promotion and ennoblement. He had come to fame in the 1629 raid on Peking early in Hung Taiji's reign; for his valor in the first attack upon the Chinese capital he had been awarded minor hereditary rank. Later he distinguished himself in the battle at Lushunkou in 1643. where his elder brother Xagai died, and in the capture of Datong in 1644.

There's poison underneath the sink, of course. There's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse.

There's nothing to do but mourn, and the pain will disappear a lot faster if you lean into it.