[If he had a choice, the Helmsman would prefer they be cauterized rather than removed. There's nerves in there, the integration is most thorough. Not like a human fetus's cord, which is built to be severed.
[But right now all he can do is lie unconscious. Perhaps the voices of whoever finds him will penetrate his thinkpan, if they yell loud enough.]
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[But right now all he can do is lie unconscious. Perhaps the voices of whoever finds him will penetrate his thinkpan, if they yell loud enough.]