Screaming in pain would be bad all-around, really. Jono was better at muscling through than that. Though anyone paying close enough attention would see he was curling his toes pretty tightly. And his forehead was going to have a red circle on it from the tabletop, at this rate.

//He seems sort of traditional,// he offered, clenching his hands, now, to go with those toes. //Exploding pea bubbles aren't exactly something most would remember mum and da making while growing up, I assume.//