"They will pass." He couldn't think of something else to add and the waves of pain were slowing blocking his thinking.

Someone how he had a vague idea whose pain he was feeling. It belonged to a recent happening when he had been still alive.

Out of the blue a question crossed his mind. "Say ... what do you think will happen, if the victim whose pain I'm feeling died?"

Between statements of pain and deep signs he spoke out this question. It was common knowledge, that the best distraction from pain is talking.