How is petrification by venom scientifically plausible?
In my book series (link here), there is a character named Rhys. Rhys is a highly mutated wasp whose mutation gave him the following benefits:
His armor is immune to most of the medieval-style weapons being used at the time, with only an arquebus being strong enough to dent it
His venom is radically different than that of most wasps. In most wasps in this series, the sting is just excruciatingly painful. Rhys's sting, in addition to being excruciatingly painful, causes the victim's body to literally turn to stone on the inside and the victim is unconscious for a day or two. When they wake up, their body returns to its normal state, but the victim will spend an hour or so trapped in flashbacks of their worst memories.
Anyway, how could these be explained without magic? What genes would have to mutate to cause this? What biochemical reactions would take place in the victim's body? Is this even possible to explain without magic?
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