And watches it as it heals closed.
He himself is an alien.
This story made a huge impression on my while I was a kid (along with the one about the kid who can read other people's thoughts and reacts badly to them - this was turned into a Simpsons episode - and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream).
Obviously my version is missing some crucial elements, because my kid had a lot of quibbles when I tried to re-tell it.
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