Sometimes the distance between image and reflection is infinite, and sometimes it contracts to negligible, and then relief can be had.

One would have thought that the scar tissue from such a long absence would take longer to break than a heartbeat.

1. Ache

He didn't know how much he'd get, with the compound interest of years overdue, until he woke up in the real world - nor how welcome it would be.

2. Bored

Now that was a malady he never suffered from.

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