this won't hurt a bit

Sometimes, you just have to close your eyes, grit you teeth and take it.

You tell yourself: "This won't hurt a bit."

But it's going to hurt like hell, and you know it.
There's no fooling yourself this time around, because you've traveled this path before and you know how the pricks will draw blood.

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Thank goodness the body replenishes the supply. Otherwise, you'd die of the choices you make. Each hot drop, sparking like a ruby in the sunlight, escaping through tears and gashes in your skin, in your heart.

When you run through the nettles and thorns, what else can you expect? Whether you like it or not, you suffer the consequences of the company you keep.