It was only the second time through this comic from Lunarbaboon that I saw the eyebrows and the time-shift, which makes it a lot more meaningful. Your outlook on everything is changed when, as someone once told me "your heart is now walking around outside of you." In some instances, it makes you braver than you ever thought you could be.
And don't think this sort of thing doesn't occasionally happen in real life.
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It may be time to watch the anime "Wandering Son"