it's a double entendre, jj
You know how when you stub your toe your first instinct is to grab it? As soon as you stub it, you wince, grab your foot, and thinking that if you can somehow put pressure on it the pain won't be able to reach your toe through your clenched fingers. As soon as you do grab it, though, the pain increases tenfold. The chemicals reach your brain that you've just hurt a body part and they scream for you to let go...so you do. It's not an instantaneous release of the pain, but it does subside. And instead of that mind-numbing, searing heat, there's a colder, more shallow wound. It still throbs, it still hurts, but the pain is somewhat deadened. You'll notice it for a few more days, each time you take a step wrong you'll get a grimace on your face, but eventually it will disappear altogether. You'll almost forget that you'd ever gotten hurt.
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