Yes, Erica, I had that same reaction upon reading about Arnold's pea-picking. In addition to his legs having stiffened to the point of uselessness, neither had he realized the frozen peas were freezing his fingers. Like you, I took that as evidence of his state of shock--it was too painful to experience so a large part of his consciousne…
Yes, Erica, I had that same reaction upon reading about Arnold's pea-picking. In addition to his legs having stiffened to the point of uselessness, neither had he realized the frozen peas were freezing his fingers. Like you, I took that as evidence of his state of shock--it was too painful to experience so a large part of his consciousness had turned off. And I was thrilled by Gina's genius to not spell it out for us.
Yes, Erica, I had that same reaction upon reading about Arnold's pea-picking. In addition to his legs having stiffened to the point of uselessness, neither had he realized the frozen peas were freezing his fingers. Like you, I took that as evidence of his state of shock--it was too painful to experience so a large part of his consciousness had turned off. And I was thrilled by Gina's genius to not spell it out for us.