In private, she'd told Gideon she thought Eleanor was suffering from some deep inner wound about which she refused to speak.
How many, also, are my inner wounds.
Our Healers cannot approach its inner wound.
Our inner wounds need to be healed.
But you have seen much of pain and trouble, and it will take time to heal those inner wounds.
They both would, though Tabor would carry an inner wound that only time might salve.
"It took me a long time to heal - the inner wounds, too."
In the empty years since then he had taken refuge from his inner wounds by staying far from harm's way, both personally and professionally.
It caused him to develop autism, and he can only express his feelings through rap music which is like medicine that heals his inner wounds.
It helped to compensate for his inner wounds.