Coughed out, the surprise being worse than the actual pain... for now.  "Okay... Praying, not on the agenda tonight."  He helped himself up on the wall, gasping for air.  "Oh... That hurt..."  He was more frightened than he wanted to let on, but weird stuff had happened to him before.  Just not quite as strong a physical manifestation.  "Before... -cough- I was so,<em>rudely</em>interrupted."  he coughed again, taking a drink out of his water bottle.  "We need to get into the nursery."  He was hoping that the girls wouldn't freak out too much... There was bound to be a lot more where that came from, since they were dealing with psychotic spirits and shit.