Lola felt pain definitely. That’s unmistakable:
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That’s why, despite her looking faaaar worse than Claire, I always felt like she had at least a few more synaptic connections firing than her big sister. By Gwens own accounts of their doctor visits, you could stick Claire with needles all day and she would literally fall asleep. Lola would fidget and fuss and tense up.
Now the question is: is “pain” just the electrical input firing between nerve endings, or is “pain” the mental trauma that exists after? I think lola undeniably felt the first, didn’t feel the second.