She notices the change in him but can't place it; while she puzzles over it he turns the cuff on and she is immediately distracted.
"Oh," she almost yelps, startled, eyes snapping from his face to the cuff. "Knots, that's strange."
She flexes her fingers and feels nothing, has to watch her hand to know she'd moved at all. A number of thoughts occur to her all at onceβhow deep does the numbing go, could she break bone and not feel it, how does it workβand she starts pinching and jabbing at her arm, harder and harder the more she does and feels nothing.
"Do you have a knife? We should test how effective it is."
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"Oh," she almost yelps, startled, eyes snapping from his face to the cuff. "Knots, that's strange."
She flexes her fingers and feels nothing, has to watch her hand to know she'd moved at all. A number of thoughts occur to her all at onceβhow deep does the numbing go, could she break bone and not feel it, how does it workβand she starts pinching and jabbing at her arm, harder and harder the more she does and feels nothing.
"Do you have a knife? We should test how effective it is."