Makes you 'bout as old as the oldest members in the bureau.
[ Aside from Chejop Kejak, maybe, but the man's closer to 7000 than not and visibly (finally) in his twilight years. An exception rather than the rule. ]
Yikes. Don't go saying that out of the blue, I might feel faint.
[It's a joke, naturally, but it really is weird to think of other humans possibly living as long as he has.
He isn't sure if he'd want anyone else to go through it.]
To answer your question, though... No, I don't think you get used to it. Any aspect of it.
Rather... your reality just changes. Just like you don't live life the same as a teen as you did as a child, or as an adult... or, in our case, when we realized we were changed beyond the reach of a normal human life. Your emotions and how you see the world shift in a way that makes sense to your mind, and that's no different to someone very old.
The change can hurt. But that ache just turns to another part of the complicated tapestry that is your life. And the longer that tapestry weaves, the harder it is to see the entirety of it from the seat at the loom. Some get talented at remembering the landmarks, of course... others, not so much.
It's what you choose to do with the time in your immediate present that matters more.
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[He only has two people that know that number but theyre both chatterbugs.]
It's higher, but I'll accept that as close enough.
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[ Aside from Chejop Kejak, maybe, but the man's closer to 7000 than not and visibly (finally) in his twilight years. An exception rather than the rule. ]
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[It's a joke, naturally, but it really is weird to think of other humans possibly living as long as he has.
He isn't sure if he'd want anyone else to go through it.]
To answer your question, though... No, I don't think you get used to it. Any aspect of it.
Rather... your reality just changes. Just like you don't live life the same as a teen as you did as a child, or as an adult... or, in our case, when we realized we were changed beyond the reach of a normal human life. Your emotions and how you see the world shift in a way that makes sense to your mind, and that's no different to someone very old.
The change can hurt. But that ache just turns to another part of the complicated tapestry that is your life. And the longer that tapestry weaves, the harder it is to see the entirety of it from the seat at the loom. Some get talented at remembering the landmarks, of course... others, not so much.
It's what you choose to do with the time in your immediate present that matters more.