[ his own twisted in a grimace, giving lie to her smile as he immediately caught on to her meaning. It was not so difficult; Tear was speaking plainly. ]
It won't. Not even if you forget. [ because the one universal truth he had discovered was that all lost memories left an echo, an emptiness that the bearer could feel and touch and then loose like water dripping from one's hand. It marked them and in marking, made them wonder. ]
But with time, you might learn to care less. [ time was the great healer, or so he had been told. He could believe it now, five years after Pai had disappeared. ]