"It did hurt," Signy provided, simply, her eyes looking off into some middle distance in the road. It was a brief diversion, and soon enough, she added, "I mean, not as badly as, say, burning my hand on a hot poker, which I did once—it was blisters all over for weeks—but it did hurt a bit. Mostly it was a lot of waiting, and then it made me feel awfully sick."
"Now? It's the strangest feeling, maybe your friend had the right of the description. Not painful, but... very different."