If I had been reasonable, I would have said See? See how long I've gone without missing you? You have been missing all this time, and I've just now missed you. And I only even miss you just a little.
But I wasn't reasonable, and I didn't say that. When I did miss you, and realized that you were missing, though you had been missing a long time, I started to hunt and hunt for you, to think where you might me, to ask my friends and family about you, even though it wasn't until I realized I was missing you that I missed you, even a little.
