Do you think it’s possible for guardians to experience chronic pain? Or would it be unlikely due to ghosts healing and rezzing them? i.e. chronic pain in a previously injured joint that is “healed” now but still flares up from time to time
I believe it's possible. One specific thing comes to mind here is the Warlock Druis who once met Crow. She mentioned that she had a persistent headache all day:
"I signed up for a simple salvage run," she said. "Transmat some supplies, run 'em to the City. I've had a headache all morning and didn't want anything loud."
I wonder why she'd have it in the first place, being a Guardian who can just get that fixed with a Ghost. Or can she? Curiously, she also said the following:
"Not as glad as I am," Druis said. "The last thing I needed today was to take a rez with this headache. I told the Cabal that, but they wouldn't listen. Rude of 'em."
Unless this is just exaggeration to lighten the mood, apparently "taking a rez with this headache" would've been somehow unpleasant. The implication is that the pain/unpleasant feeling would transcend being rezed and she would remember it or still be impacted by it.
There's one more I can think of, but it's tangled in a lot of metaphorical language, and that is Pujari's iconic stuff about visions of the Black Garden which ends with:
When my Ghost raised me from the sea there was a thorn-cut in my left hand and it has not healed since.
I don't currently remember if there are any other more direct or better examples, but I do think that there are some injuries and pain that can persist through rezes, even if healed. If someone knows of another example, feel free to add it!
