"Yeah." Zak's face was pale, and he felt like puking, but his empathy link had been successfully been set up without Darcel knowing. I have to prepare for a ton of pain...
He laid his hands on Darcel's shoulders, and closed his eyes. Darcel could feel the change, but any and every ounce of pain Darcel would have felt flooded into Zak. Zak struggled to stay conscious, and managed to hold in his bile. He was thrice as pale whenhe was done, half an hour of misery later. "Done. It's... done..." He panted, sounding as energetic and happy as he could.
Which wasn't very energetic or happy.