[If he just leans against the door and steadies his breathing he can remind himself that this is his dream and it only has to hurt as much as he's actually experienced pain. He's experienced this death a thousand times in dreams, and he knows he can't feel worse here than he can remember.
Thanks to Kirei that's only one step above having crest worms eat your nerves, but also thanks to Kirei he knows how not to scream.
It doesn't help the gross crying and other pain noises Shinji gets to hear though. Also gross worm squirming and slithering and crunchy sounds.]
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[If he just leans against the door and steadies his breathing he can remind himself that this is his dream and it only has to hurt as much as he's actually experienced pain. He's experienced this death a thousand times in dreams, and he knows he can't feel worse here than he can remember.
Thanks to Kirei that's only one step above having crest worms eat your nerves, but also thanks to Kirei he knows how not to scream.
It doesn't help the gross crying and other pain noises Shinji gets to hear though. Also gross worm squirming and slithering and crunchy sounds.]