to anyone confused about why jooha isn’t producing pearls: oysters produce pearls because of irritants that get into their shell. The Pearl you see is actually the oysters encasing the irritant in a special substance, that hardens over time to protect its flesh from the irritant. That’s why you sometimes see Pearl fish, because fish find their into the oyster and the oyster encases the fish.
Anyways, basically it’s a trauma response. Jooha produced pearls because of metaphorical irritants (rapists, traffickers, emotional pain, etc) but now he’s like ig mentally healthier (I can’t tell they’ve been fucking every chapter but I think he’s better than before now) he’s not producing pearls bc there’s no more irritants
to anyone confused about why jooha isn’t producing pearls: oysters produce pearls because of irritants that get into their shell. The Pearl you see is actually the oysters encasing the irritant in a special substance, that hardens over time to protect its flesh from the irritant. That’s why you sometimes see Pearl fish, because fish find their into the oyster and the oyster encases the fish.
Anyways, basically it’s a trauma response. Jooha produced pearls because of metaphorical irritants (rapists, traffickers, emotional pain, etc) but now he’s like ig mentally healthier (I can’t tell they’ve been fucking every chapter but I think he’s better than before now) he’s not producing pearls bc there’s no more irritants