Vasquez wants to mock his 'damsel body', he does, but seeing as he can't swear right now and apparently there are other things happening, this might just be a little too much like tempting fate, so he doesn't say anything about it, just keeps his tongue bit.

"You want some backup for this? I can be very intimidating, you know," he promises, though he's not sure how that'll work with the new state of things. What if even his glaring is infected?