Talk:Open Heart: Second Year/@comment-36836718-20200906114346

There's something about Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 I don't fully understand yet. Maybe someone with medical knowledge may help:

When Travis sprays Bobby in the face, the latter goes into cardiac arrest immediately according to Danny. Then there's the fight between Rafael and Travis and Travis squeezes the canister again. The narrative states that Travis and Rafael got the most of it and Rafael is covered in it. "Some ends on Danny and you". Which means that the ones most affected are Bobby, Travis, and Rafael. Bobby dies first. Travis develops symptoms immediately. So far I can follow.

But then Danny's condition is deteriorating faster than Rafael's even though Rafael got hit more than Danny according to the narrative. Is it stated what causes it? For example, has Danny inhaled more of it while it mostly hit Rafael's clothes and he inhaled not that much, so it takes longer for him to develop symptoms? Assuming Rafael has more body mass, I would have understood if they both deteriorated about equally as a result of the largely varying dose of poison they got but that's not the case...