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Usually just a blip on the road to recovery from the despairing state. Common for the [[Broken Bird]] to feel it.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Bleach]]'': After Rukia resigns to her fate, Gin tells her he can bust her out. Then he tells her he's joking. Her resignation evaporates.
* In ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'', when Kurapika starts talking about evacuation routes, his bodyguard client Oito Hui Guo Rou starts to tremble on page 164 of volume 34.
== Comic Books ==
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== Literature ==
* In [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Return of the King]]'', when Éomer asks why Éowyn is not lying in state like Théoden, he's told she's alive—and he feels both hope and fear.
{{quote|''Then hope unlooked-for came so suddenly to Éomer's heart, and with it the bite of care and fear renewed,''}}
* At one point in ''[[Labyrinths of Echo]]'', Sir Max remarks that the worst situation of all is not a complete hopelessness (because you have nothing to lose then, anyway) but one where there is only a tiny glimmer of hope, because you are paralyzed with fear of losing it, as well.
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Sinfest]]'': [
* In ''[[Shortpacked]]'', Mike is eventually faced with his feelings for Amber in this way. He responds by trying to chase her away.
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