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[sheepdog]

Grief, the pain of the spirit, is worse than physical hurt, since it has no remedy outside time; and because no sufferer can see into the future to a point where the pain ceases, it is eternal. Such grief brings with it almost total internal collapse. The body walks around while the spirit lies still, in an agony of darkness and despair.

Garry Kilworth - The Foxes of Firstdark