Deduction.

[gut]

When memory failed, as it so often did, he turned to deduction. There is really no way to know if that is the same fork I was using before...but if it was, it should feel hot from the water. He touched it and it was hot, and as there were no other forks present or likely to be correct, he continued about his business.

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[radiks]

he should have just started eating with his hands...they have prongs, he's guaranteed that they are the one's he's used before, they are warm, and there are no other ones around (that he can utilize).