[ Kevin did you just? He's about to protest and scramble away (YOU WIN KEVIN) when that wave of warmth hits him, and —
Pain is a way of life for him. He has cultivated the mental discipline to ignore it, but it's always there: the sensation of rotting away from the inside. His sole pleasure is eating, these days...
But this feels something like living, as opposed to slowly dying. This doesn't hurt, is what registers in his brain, this is the opposite of hurting. This feels good. But once he allows himself to feel that, his tightly-regimented mental discipline begins to unravel. This feels good, but everything else really hurts. It's excruciating, it's electrifying, and he can't help groaning once more. ]
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[ Kevin did you just? He's about to protest and scramble away (YOU WIN KEVIN) when that wave of warmth hits him, and —
Pain is a way of life for him. He has cultivated the mental discipline to ignore it, but it's always there: the sensation of rotting away from the inside. His sole pleasure is eating, these days...
But this feels something like living, as opposed to slowly dying. This doesn't hurt, is what registers in his brain, this is the opposite of hurting. This feels good. But once he allows himself to feel that, his tightly-regimented mental discipline begins to unravel. This feels good, but everything else really hurts. It's excruciating, it's electrifying, and he can't help groaning once more. ]