THE LION, ALONE, SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS BUT HAS NO FEAR; TIRED BUT NOT WEARY; RELAXED BUT NOT DEPLETED; CONTEMPLATIVE BUT NOT BOTHERED; STRESSED BUT NOT OVERWHELMED. LIKE THE HULK, EVERY HIT INCREASES HIS THRESHOLD....YES, THE HITS HURTS, THEY CUT, THEY CAUSE DAMAGE BUT THEY JUST MAKE HIM STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT, MORE IMPERVIOUS. HE'S NOTHING LIKE THEY EXPECTED. HE'S MORE THAN WE HAD HOPED FOR.