That there were, though Jono looked distinctly uncomfortable at the idea all the same.

//I don't know if I'd be able to keep from hurting you if you went in the other side,// he admitted. //This sort of pain has a funny way of making self-control... hard.//

He winced, then shifted his weight around again. Bugger.

//I suppose that's what anaesthetic is for, though.//

Yes, Jono. Modern medicine had things like local painkillers.