#severed vocal cords lead to vocal cord paralysis which has common effects of trouble breathing/swallowing etc and choking

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wait so I can add MORE angst? 👀

#reading about the effects of having your vocal cords severed.... oh boy #oh I can make this so angsty if I want to... #either it's like. Benze is super cognizant of it in that doctorish way he has and is constantly waiting for something to happen #OR it doesn't even cross his mind. it's one of a set of symptoms that are kept on a list in the back of his mind and he spends #so much time fretting about communication that he doesn't even think about any of the rest of it until it happens #and then suddenly his best friend in the world is choking on nothing and looking to him with wild panicked eyes #because crab didn't expect this either. how would he? #severed vocal cords lead to vocal cord paralysis which has common effects of trouble breathing/swallowing etc and choking #the internet does not want to be forthcoming about my fictional hypothetical of what happens if you get both #cords straight up sliced but like. you can imagine #idk I'm just Thinking #something happens like crab gets knocked out or drugged or smth and benze is so concerned that he'll have #breathing problems while unconscious #and knowing all of that means that the others get kind of spun up about it too #(meaning: sandman gets so stressed out he thinks he's gonna throw up because he's ridiculously high strung anyway #and doesn't like when one of his friends is hurt aND ANOTHER ONE IS TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS #LIKE IT'S NOTHING.) #(actually I think it's really funny bc when Benze is in doctor mode he does come off as really cold and unfeeling #even though what's really happening is that he's falling back on facts that he knows and trusts in. medical stuff he can handle #so he's super clinical about it most of the time. and it drives the others up a wall bc they think he doesn't care) #ok sorry I'm just rambling somewhat unrelatedly now about stuff #ddas