i firmly believe that aphantasia and "not having an inner monologue" are failures of communication/understanding of what those things actually mean and have no neurological basis
today i rung up a coworker's order and stared at the list of names/orders and just before i could ask she said you remember my name right? and i couldnt face the music so i said haha of course, oh there it is and made an educated guess. and i got away with it