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A character who has just gone through some sort of trauma, learned something they [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation|probably didn't need to know]], or seen something they really shouldn't have had to, will often have an unfocused, vacant stare into a vast abyss of nothingness, slipping into a [[Shell-Shocked Veteran|shock and weariness]] from which it is very hard to shake.

"Thousand-yard-stare" is believed to have originated in [[World War OneI]], and was coined for the faces of battle-weary soldiers. Named for the perception that such stares really do seem to be able to see very far ahead. Eyes cross a little when focusing on something reasonably close, but eyes not looking at anything will behave like eyes looking at something very far away. [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]] can look similar to this, but they're chronic while this trope tends to be transitory.

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