eridian outer carapace is tough and lacks tactile feeling. movie!eridian carapace allows for engravings/scarification freely as well, proving further that it takes more than an etching tool to feel proper pain. human skin, on the other hand, is soft and very thin, with active nerve endings approaching the surface very close to it. if humans are cut, they bleed immediately; if scratched ā a pain response is in order. without any protective layer in the way even minor injuries compromise inner immune system, with approximately half a gazillion of things that can go wrong if something nasty from outer world atmosphere gets in
anyway Grace telling Rocky that some people just straight up go and fully consciously and voluntarily get a gaping open wound ā which is more like a collection of microscopic gaping open wounds in a solid tight cluster ā while also filling it with a goopy technically toxic substance that afterwards stays imbedded on subdermal levels forever
















