He pressed a hand to his forehead. "That's kind of the most important part of driving..." Anyway.

"So you know those toxic whips the big demons had? He got hit by something like that. ... A bunch of us did. Except you couldn't just use a poison curing skill or item on it - it was cursed to keep hurting until the curse was lifted. We got it lifted at the end of the mission but that was about three weeks of pain. ... That's when I figured out how to turn off my pain response. Still had to lie low for the rest of the mission."