[On the bright side, he's done this before, plenty of times. He can manage not to sever anything important while he's pulling it out. But it's still painful, and it's still messy, and his hands are covered in blood by the time he's done. And yet he's kind of glad, because concentrating on this is getting his mind off of everything else. Even so his eyes stay burning the whole time, and it takes all he's got to keep his hands steady and his head clear.
When he's dropped the last bit onto the box next to them, he drops the tweezers with it and sighs heavily, reaching for the gauze.]
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[On the bright side, he's done this before, plenty of times. He can manage not to sever anything important while he's pulling it out. But it's still painful, and it's still messy, and his hands are covered in blood by the time he's done. And yet he's kind of glad, because concentrating on this is getting his mind off of everything else. Even so his eyes stay burning the whole time, and it takes all he's got to keep his hands steady and his head clear.
When he's dropped the last bit onto the box next to them, he drops the tweezers with it and sighs heavily, reaching for the gauze.]
Congratulations, you've survived!