You already answered you doubt with the last paragraph. I want to add that as they are drowning, the water also has contact with their mouth and throat, and mucus membranes have less resistance than skin.
But I don’t think a protogen has very high voltages though. Humans produce around 100 W of heat at rest so a protogen cannot produce much more without being significantly hotter. And since P = U * I there’s just so much voltage there can be to actually reach the drowning guy through all that water AND have sufficient current to cause damage.
You already answered you doubt with the last paragraph. I want to add that as they are drowning, the water also has contact with their mouth and throat, and mucus membranes have less resistance than skin.
Right, I didn’t consider this.
But I don’t think a protogen has very high voltages though. Humans produce around 100 W of heat at rest so a protogen cannot produce much more without being significantly hotter. And since P = U * I there’s just so much voltage there can be to actually reach the drowning guy through all that water AND have sufficient current to cause damage.
I feel like it’s probably safe.