diff --git a/src/endWeek/saServant.tw b/src/endWeek/saServant.tw
index ce770a9ff0c46434fb2300716acb15441ba53b60..c353ebf6f3eb69f789eb79832b07a8df4e4624f4 100644
--- a/src/endWeek/saServant.tw
+++ b/src/endWeek/saServant.tw
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ window.saServant = function saServant(slave) {
 		t += ` ${His} bad vision makes ${him} a worse servant.`;
 	}
 
-	if ((slave.hears <= -1 && slave.earwear != "hearing aids") || (slave.earwear == "muffling ear plugs") || (slave.earwear == "deafening ear plugs")) {
-		t += ` ${His} bad hearing makes ${him} a worse servant.`;
-	}
-
 	if (slave.lactation > 0) {
 		t += ` Since ${he} is lactating, `;
 		if (slave.devotion > 20 || slave.trust < -20) {
diff --git a/src/uncategorized/pRivalryActions.tw b/src/uncategorized/pRivalryActions.tw
index bb5198e8a53b27675635dcbdecc8d9784dd3cee9..d7685c14cdddcd14227e0645e87d82b4c8e26caa 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/pRivalryActions.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/pRivalryActions.tw
@@ -1189,7 +1189,6 @@ Your inter-arcology war with the arcology owner behind the Daughters of Liberty
 		<<set $hostage.mammaryCount += 50>>
 		<<set $hostage.amp = 1>>
 		<<set $hostage.heels = 0>>
-		<<set $hostage.hears = -2>>
 		<<set $hostage.earPiercing = 2>>
 		<<set $hostage.nosePiercing = 2>>
 		<<set $hostage.nipplesPiercing = 2>>
@@ -1204,7 +1203,7 @@ Your inter-arcology war with the arcology owner behind the Daughters of Liberty
 		<<set $hostage.tonguePiercing = 2>>
 		<<set $hostage.fetish = "mindbroken">>
 		<<set $hostage.fetishStrength = 10>>
-		strapped to an operating table, with surgical marks on her bare arms and legs. She makes no indication that she can even hear the running saw lowering towards her right arm. As it makes contact, her mouth opens wide in a silent scream, ceasing only once her arm is severed completely. As it comes in contact with her other arm, her silent screams stop completely; her mind having completely shattered. You end the video early, disgusted by what you just saw.
+		strapped to an operating table, with surgical marks on her bare arms and legs. Her face contorts into absolute horror as she hears the running saw lowering towards her right arm. As it makes contact, her mouth opens wide in a silent scream, ceasing only once her arm is severed completely. As it comes in contact with her other arm, her silent screams stop completely; her mind having completely shattered. You end the video early, disgusted by what you just saw.
 	<<case "Degradationism">>
 		<<set $hostage.vaginalCount += 1>>
 		<<set $hostage.preg = 14>>