[His feelings are scattered as she speaks, looks so happy, but he's about to answer her even though he doesn't know what on earth to say --]
[His eyes widen as the first wave of pain, sharp and intense, floods over him, his body jerking from the shock. The next moment he crumples to the ground, screaming as agony overtakes him, his muscles so tight that he curls up in a rictus of pain. Blackness overcomes him as his body gives way to the inevitable, seizing uncontrollably as he continues to scream.]