A tete-a-tete with my ache
 
          Ache:          Hey   there, honey!              Me:          (I   look up glumly)              Ache:          One   of those days that you're invoking my transformational powers, eh?              Me:          About   time you stopped making fun of my lows.              Ache:          Lows?   You call them lows? I provide free-of-cost revelations to you, and you label   them lows? I mean, people hire fancy consultants for unearthing those nuggets   of gold.              Me:          Not   all your revelations are pleasant, you know.              Ache:          If   they were, you wouldn’t have developed the ability for compassion, would you?              Me:          Agree.   And I’m also human, and I also need compassion. Now do you mind leaving me   alone? (I choke)                Ache:          There,   there…I would leave you forever, if that’s what makes you happy. I am not an   unsolicited guest anyway.              Me:          Is   it? When did I invite you, I...