Sea of Stars Pain Headcanons
Zale: He has a very low pain threshold but a high tolerance. Winces, shouts, squirms when his wounds are being tended to. Will cry and scream during battle and rush forward to fight until he passes out, and gets very clingy when he’s hurt. Emotional pain, Zale tends to isolate and distract himself, usually unsuccessfully.
Valere: She manages her pain well in battle, though can still be a bit reckless, like Zale. Knows when would be better to back off than pick a fight, and prefers to nurse her wounds in solitude. Tends to meditate on emotional pain and mull over her thoughts.
Garl: He’s a big, strong guy who hides his physical pain and acts like he’s okay, when he really really isn’t. Can work through physical pain and tends to suppress emotional pain, hiding it deliberately for the sake of his friends.
Seraï: Her cyborg biology is unique in that her mechanical parts don’t feel any pain, but her flesh parts feel it the way humans do (The junctions between flesh and metal are excruciating when injured). She tends to ignore pain and often gets ahead of herself with how much she can handle. Like Garl, she suppresses her emotional pain and pretends things are okay.
Teaks: Has had her fair share of ouch from traveling and is relatively sturdy, though she tends to avoid conflict. Knows a bit of basic medical care because she travels by herself. She tries to drown out her emotional pain, burying her nose into her studies or running off for another adventure.
Resh'an: He has gotten so used to physical pain that he doesn’t care anymore and doesn’t really even feel it. Arm chopped off? Alchemy can fix that. Crushed by a boulder? Not for long with the Elixir. He simply doesn’t care. Resh’an tends to run away from his emotional pain rather than confront it, hiding away for decades at a time.
Aephorul: As a consequence of flesh alchemy, Aephorul can control how much pain or sensation he can feel at any given time. He’ll tamp it down before a battle or confrontation.. or turn it up, if he feels he deserves it. He broods through emotional pain, and takes it out on those around him.
B'st: He feels none of it because of his glass body, and as such has very little regard for himself in dangerous situations. However, emotional pain strikes him hard and he’ll often dissociate when it happens.
Yolande: As the one who picks fights and sometimes gets carried away, Yolande has learned to manage pain for the sake of keeping her crew safe. She grows serious when she’s got emotional pain, and it’s easy to tell.
Valtraid: Doesn’t have the highest pain tolerance, but he’ll grit his teeth and bear physical pain with a smile to try and lighten up the feelings of worry that go with. He’s good at hiding his emotional pain and doesn’t easily admit it when he is.
Keenathan: From losing his leg to nearly cutting out his own eyes, Keenathan is no stranger to pain and has a very high tolerance for it. He bears emotional pain as silently as physical pain, if only to be more clingy to those around him.