//Hurt like a sonofabitch when it happened,// Jono explained with a shrug. //Every time it's happened again.//

He hated that 'again' was a non-zero quantity. And would likely continue to grow.

//But it doesn't hurt now, no. Either I've blocked it out -amazing what a telepath can place a wall around when they've got a mind to - or anything that could feel this has burned away. This has been my life so long now, I don't much care which it actually is, anymore. I suspect it's th'former, though. Still sure as hell felt it when some bastard ran me clean through with a spear.//