Thật kỳ lạ, bàn tay bị bỏng dường như không còn đau nữa; nó chỉ là tê. Sẽ tốt hơn nếu có nỗi đau. Đau ít nhất là thật.
Oddly, the burned hand didn’t seem to hurt much anymore; it was only numb. It would have been better if there had been pain. Pain was at least real.
Stephen King, ‘Salem’s Lot