He's known pain in his life, far worse than this. The agony of recovery in Pandaria, as he had to force his limbs to obey him in order to stretch muscles that screamed in protest as he tried. Sometimes hurting comes before the healing.

So he does his best not to tense up as Gilia digs into those knots of tension woven into his muscles, working them loose with steady -- if not gentle -- hands. This aches too, but in a way he knows means recovery, and if his fingers clench it's an easy enough thing to hide under the pillow.

"Nnngh..."