"Pain, huh?" replies May, not moving from her spot. "You mean the kind that feels like something slashing at you over and over? Like some huge, gaping hole inside you that won't ever close, no matter what people try to fill it with, and nothing you can do will ever help?" she says quietly. "Something that's gone forever, and can't be brought back no matter how much you want it to... Yeah, I know the kind of pain you're talking about."