do yall think dave’s scars would still hurt to the touch… like maybe a slight sting if you pressed down hard enough on his stomach/arms/legs? maybe would they be kinda numb feeling cuz his nerves would surely be fucked (at least in the spots the springlocks cut into him), but also with an occasional sting of pain… idk.
maybe he’d get that nerve pain and mention that “he’s getting old” to you. if you were to ask to help him with the pain, he’d immediately refuse. or maybe he’d agree, and he’d be biting back screams and curses if you were to massage him or smth :/
also, if we’re going with the no TFC timeline (cuz obviously baby would’ve dealt with them) what do you think he said to the surgeons about his scars? yea he probably lied, but like… how?
I like to think that everything aches when it rains, the way it usually goes with old wounds (fractures, deep cuts) and it all just throbs and itches horribly.
And I also think his scars sometimes reopen and bleed.
He lives a terrible lifestyle, barely eats, and sure, the remnant keeps his body alive, which is why he can go without food entirely,but remnant doesn't produce vitamins. And a lack of vitamins is a sure path to scurvy, which is exactly the kind of thing that makes old scars reopen.