Sometimes the only things we can do to cover the pain is put our hands on our stomach AND (bring our knees together very firmly OR straighten our legs very softly). We are at a standstill on the hard chair, pretend to listen unheard words, keep looking at faces to show our mental presence. Vague sounds start forming in our head, the pain try to talk to us, but we don’t still let it leave, we make it stay under our tiny extended fingers.