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His left eye is entirely gone (was removed by the NannyBot/Armando) because it herniated and was unsalvageable. The shape of the socket beneath is badly damaged and wearing a glass/prosthetic eye would be too uncomfortable. Once it’s healed enough, he pretty much walks around with it uncovered, but he does have an eyepatch that he’ll wear from time to time!

He had multiple jaw and cheekbone fractures that reached the orbital socket (which is what damaged his eye so badly)

His skin suffered bad cutaneous radiation burns and he has significant scarring across his body as well as his face/neck, they strangely mimic the patterns you see on tree bark

A large section of his cheek wall and musculature was destroyed, leaving him with exposed teeth - you can see all the way into his mouth! This does mean he drools a fair bit from time to time. There is no exposed bone, just exposed teeth, tongue, and flesh with some muscles sitting close to the surface

He cannot speak very well due to the damage taken to his mouth (he struggles to form a lot of sounds) and is missing many of his molars on the left side. The left side of his tongue also has nerve damage and is numb, making it more difficult to talk. He currently doesn’t trust Grace and Rocky enough to consider any reconstructive surgery or let them close enough to assess and design a maxillofacial prosthesis (but he will get one later in the fic!). Simon communicates mostly with a TTS software that Grace set up for him. Additionally, Grace and Rocky are still busy trying to solve the Astrophage problem so this aspect is put on a back burner - they’re happy to wait until Simon is ready and comfortable (fic takes place before the Time Go Fishing mission)