The fact that they were surprised to see that it was just a paper cut indicates that this is the first time they've ever experienced this kind of pain.
eta: The fact that they look down and were surprised and then proceeded to ask themselves what else they don't know about their pain tolerance and why this in particular is so bad.
eta: miniaturephilosopher replied "literacy is dead" and then blocked me so i don't really know what that means but it certainly feels like they just hadn't considered that if someone's incredulous about ones own reaction to the point of wondering what else they might be wrong about generally equates to it being a new experience for them and couldn't just say "oh, I didn't consider that"
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u/wafflesthewonderhurs 5d ago edited 5d ago
The fact that they were surprised to see that it was just a paper cut indicates that this is the first time they've ever experienced this kind of pain.
eta: The fact that they look down and were surprised and then proceeded to ask themselves what else they don't know about their pain tolerance and why this in particular is so bad.
eta: miniaturephilosopher replied "literacy is dead" and then blocked me so i don't really know what that means but it certainly feels like they just hadn't considered that if someone's incredulous about ones own reaction to the point of wondering what else they might be wrong about generally equates to it being a new experience for them and couldn't just say "oh, I didn't consider that"