He must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt before.
Lo intentó cien veces, cerraba los ojos para no tener que ver las patas que pataleaban, y sólo cejaba en su empeño cuando comenzaba a notar en el costado un dolor leve y sordo que antes nunca había sentido.