[His point is that it's not normal, but that implies then that Hal himself isn't normal and somehow he figures that's not what the other man wants to hear. And for all he knows, this Hal might have just come from a planet where pain receptors aren't a scientific miracle of life. (He doubts that but hey, it could be possible.)]
Have you always not been able to feel pain? [Let's get that out of the way first.]
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Have you always not been able to feel pain? [Let's get that out of the way first.]