Trick question! You would know they were poking something into your abdomen 'cause you'd feel it. While you wouldn't feel it while you're numb, you didn't say that you were numb while it occured.

HAH!

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There are few left who
Stare at the skies with wonder
Wishing to know more;
The clouds still drift by above
But the eyes below are blind.
--Laura Lundberg

Check out my writing, maybe.