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Two Years
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https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/two_years.png[[A man and a woman sit on a bed, the woman is talking on the phone. The person she is talking to, a doctor holding a clipboard, is shown inset.]]Woman: Oh god.[[The man and woman sit together while the woman, now bald, is receiving chemotherapy. They are both on their laptops.]] << ... BEEEP ... BEEEP ... BEEEP ... >>[[The man and the woman (who is wearing a knit cap) are paddling a kayak against a scenic mountain backdrop.]][[The man and woman sit at a table, staring at a cell phone. There is a clock on the wall.]]Woman: How long can it take to read a scan?[[The man and woman are back at the hospital again, the woman receiving chemo. They are playing Scrabble.]]Man: "ZARG" isn't a word.Woman: But CAAAANCER.Man: ...ok, fine.[[The man and woman are listening to a friend speak.]Friend: So next year you should come visit us in the moun... (the rest is obscured by a thought bubble).Man & Woman: (thinking) "Next Year"[[The man and the woman (with short hair) getting married, a heart above their heads.]][[The man and the woman (wearing a knit cap) stand on a beach, watching a whale breach.]]<<FWOOSH>>[[The woman is sitting at a desk with several books and a laptop. The man stands behind her.]]Man: Hey - you're doing science, and you're still alive.Woman: Yeah![[The man and woman sit under a tall tree on a hill.]]Man: It's really only been two years?Woman: They were big years.[[The man and woman sit at a table in a fancy restaurant, the waiter brings them a dish with a cover on it.]]Waiter: Happy.. anniversary?Woman: Biopsy-versary!Waiter: ...eww. {{Title text: She won the first half of all our chemo Scrabble games, but then her IV drugs started kicking in and I *dominated*.}}