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I'd go with past, actually. If you use past perfect, there's no need to italicise, is there? It's effectively not a flashback, but just narration. Flashbacks are meant to take on an element of imme...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T02:02:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Lucy V. Morgan
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2019-12-08T02:02:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'd go with past, actually. If you use past perfect, there's no need to italicise, is there? It's effectively not a flashback, but just narration. Flashbacks are meant to take on an element of immediacy, of being dragged into a moment re-lived. (In fact I've actually switched to present tense for flashbacks with no reader confusion. Indicate that you're about to "remember" something, use italics...you'll be fine. Flashback is over when italics end).
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2011-11-01T18:05:09Z (about 13 years ago)
Original score: 3