he's too afraid to do that. because he has a terrible suspicion deep in the back of his mind that if he was to cut himself open he would find inside another version of himself doing the same thing, cutting through from another dimension. and the other tesla would be smiling and waving menacingly, and would have this tattoo on his forehead:
usually at this point he wakes up in a sweat and has to listen to his preachers sermons to calm down the torment in his mind.
WE ONLI GET CANCER COZ WE WANT TO. SAVE URSELF WITH THE LIBERTARIAN SPIRIT!