The next two modifications were simple upgrades to the stop-gap measures Snape had employed earlier. As Arthur installed his own magical version of cochlear implants, Snape made permanent corrections to the former witch’s eyes. For the final change, Snape couldn’t hide his cruel grin, although he had lobbied for cutting the vocal cords of the insufferable know-it-all like he had done to his own slaves, he knew enough about their torture victim to know that robbing her of her ability to read would be an unfathomable cruelty for someone who had such an annoying thirst for knowledge. He took perverse pleasure in knowing the last words the slut had read were of his own cruel poetic designs before she had met her parents.