[He doesn't see until the hands are wrapped around his throat, choking him as well, and then he can feel but the pain of having the breath choked out of him is so negligible it's nothing, less than nothing because it seems to make the pain in his wrists less intense.
Besides, Scratch is trying to kill him to get him to stop. Scratch thinks that there is currently some part, any part of him that cares whether he lives or dies, that he would actually prefer to live despite the tortuous pain, the self-disgust, the humiliation he feels at the very thought of anyone seeing him like this.
It's so funny to him that he manages to gasp out a desperate laugh and shoves the manacles hard against Scratch's chin.]
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Besides, Scratch is trying to kill him to get him to stop. Scratch thinks that there is currently some part, any part of him that cares whether he lives or dies, that he would actually prefer to live despite the tortuous pain, the self-disgust, the humiliation he feels at the very thought of anyone seeing him like this.
It's so funny to him that he manages to gasp out a desperate laugh and shoves the manacles hard against Scratch's chin.]