[ it's not repeated on a question, and despite the fact that quill still has her hair in her hands, she tries to turn her head to look at him. ]
It is not "torturing myself", Quill. It's discipline. A warrior does not resort to comforts for the inconvenience of pain, and at this point, that is all this has become. I am not inhibited, I am not unable to function; I'm uncomfortable.
But I am not suffering.
[ she turns back in her seat, looking straight ahead (though she doesn't try to shake him off or bat his hands away, like she might have a while ago). ]
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Dumb.
[ it's not repeated on a question, and despite the fact that quill still has her hair in her hands, she tries to turn her head to look at him. ]
It is not "torturing myself", Quill. It's discipline. A warrior does not resort to comforts for the inconvenience of pain, and at this point, that is all this has become. I am not inhibited, I am not unable to function; I'm uncomfortable.
But I am not suffering.
[ she turns back in her seat, looking straight ahead (though she doesn't try to shake him off or bat his hands away, like she might have a while ago). ]
This, Peter Quill, is not torture.