it's a matter of time 'til our compass stands still

John and River grow up together at the Greystark Hall Orphanage as the bestest of friends until they're eleven. River gets adopted. They think they'll never see each other again. And then..._ _ _One night, when he cannot sleep, he ends up reading about amputated limbs and phantom pains. He knows that it's terrible and completely different, but sometimes he can't help but think that what he feels, on a metaphorical and physical level, resembles that.It’s been three years and he misses her like a body part.