[ Given how awful the surgeries were, he can understand why people would be mad. But at the same time... ]

Better to get a useful surgery now, even at the expense of a couple days of suffering, than to potentially land yourself in inescapable danger later, no? [ He flexes his fingers and frowns a little. ] Though only if the surgery actually helps.

[ So maybe it isn't worth it in the end... ]

What made you decide to pick that one first?