[ Nathan ...laughs, a bark in the back of his throat. Not meanly, just with total incredulity; the thought had literally never occurred to him as a possibility. ]
No. I still get hurt -
[ and actually, for someone with as much scar tissue as Erik, Nathan in short sleeves displays his own striping and pockmarks of as much in greater quantity than most people; it's not that he doesn't get medical attention, he gets more of it than he'd like, he just doesn't have the resultant pain stimulus that keeps normal people from aggravating healing injury ]
- I just don't feel it. [ He shrugs; at this point he's more resigned than bitter. ] I don't feel anything ever.
[ Now the focus of conversation has been on him for like, a thousand times longer than he'd like, so he lets one corner of his mouth unfurl in wry humor. ] Doesn't mean I'm gonna let you practice electrocuting me, though. Don't get any ideas.
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No. I still get hurt -
[ and actually, for someone with as much scar tissue as Erik, Nathan in short sleeves displays his own striping and pockmarks of as much in greater quantity than most people; it's not that he doesn't get medical attention, he gets more of it than he'd like, he just doesn't have the resultant pain stimulus that keeps normal people from aggravating healing injury ]
- I just don't feel it. [ He shrugs; at this point he's more resigned than bitter. ] I don't feel anything ever.
[ Now the focus of conversation has been on him for like, a thousand times longer than he'd like, so he lets one corner of his mouth unfurl in wry humor. ] Doesn't mean I'm gonna let you practice electrocuting me, though. Don't get any ideas.