（ but he wouldn't describe the sensation as painful, exactly. it's dull, by contrast to the sunbright burst of something like getting shot or stabbed. ）
Maybe I would've found it painful once. If I ever did, I've forgotten that time in my life. It's more of a dull ache, easy to ignore. Suffocating or drowning are a bit more of a present pain-in-the-ass.
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（ but he wouldn't describe the sensation as painful, exactly. it's dull, by contrast to the sunbright burst of something like getting shot or stabbed. ）
Maybe I would've found it painful once. If I ever did, I've forgotten that time in my life. It's more of a dull ache, easy to ignore. Suffocating or drowning are a bit more of a present pain-in-the-ass.