I find it bizarre that we're supposed to root for the MC through this chapter. Despite it 100% being the fault of his past self of allowing slavery and human trafficking to occur and become rampant within his territory, he doesn't take responsibility for it at all. Instead, when he finds a girl...
Could we please get a character who loses a body part and is affected by it permanently? Robotic/metal prosthetics that function perfectly with no flaws whatsoever kind of makes the loss less impactful, and characters who still fight despite their disability are always a billion times cooler...
Zeke I swear to god if you don't have a reasonable explanation for leaving your wife alone to deal with the pregnancy I'm going to turn myself into a two dimensional being and kick your ass.
I'm under the assumption that while they do have a magical healing factor, it just accelerates their natural healing process rather than removing/reversing the wound entirely. So scarring would be possible in that scenario.