Drew was teased by a fleeting memory of the past, of a time when he had faced another pair of eyes such as those, surface eyes behind which you could see nothing.
Drew saw those eyes for the first time.
mnli hypothesis: Drew saw those eyes for the first time. premise: Drew was teased by a fleeting memory of the past, of a time when he had faced another pair of eyes such as those, surface eyes behind which you could see nothing.