It was that enveloping, and there was only one spot that didn't hurt worse than anything I'd ever felt, and it was my instep, and he was holding the arch of my foot and rubbing the instep with his thumb.
온 몸이 꿰매어져 있었고 딱 한 곳만 빼고는 제가 평생 겪어봤던 어떤 고통보다도 더한 통증이 몰려왔죠. 그 부분은 발등이었어요. 의사는 제 발꿈치를 잡고 엄지손가락으로 그 부분을 주무르고 있었어요.