[mustntmumble]

In the book it described Paul feeling almost unbearable pain, almost to the point where he was pushed too far, but the Priestess turned off the gom-jabbar just in time. Wincing was the last of Pauls problems at that moment... Paul was not a cold robotic person - he was subject to great emotions all the way through the book.

Also: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QrCfivcQe48/hqdefault.jpg

[otachack]

Just a note: the gom jabbar is the poisonous needle while the box was the pain component of the humanity test.

[stevekemp]

In the book it is revealed that the tester gave him _more_ pain than she'd ever used on any previous test. She almost wanted him to fail.