"In a way, it was good, I think," Don said. "It gave me time to...figure some things out." Like who the hell he was, even. "And then I had a whole lot more time to be stuck there." He aimed for wry, but probably didn't quite land there.

"Jane--uh, my sort-of ex, she mentioned something similar. She said it happened to a lot of people? I'm saying that to clarify if that is or isn't the same thing," he added quickly, "not to lessen what happened to you. I know how much it sucks to come back and everything's different and now you have to rebuild your life from...whatever the hell is left."