[OWI_Alex]

One thing that bothers me about the gas mask, is that there's no protection for the eyes. I google searched for gas masks and all the pictures that I saw, had protection for the eyes as well. Even the earliest designs for the gas mask were made to protect the eyes.

So then I thought; what if it's not a gas mask?

Infact, it looks more like an altitude mask, which is used by athletes as altitude training. Basically, it's meant to help you cope in higher altitudes and where there isn't much air (the mudokon complains that they can't breathe). So maybe they're training the mudokons to work in places where's there isn't much air, OR they are using the mask as some sort of punishment or work method like; "You want that mask off? Then work harder!"

THO there are somethings wrong with this theory:
1. In the picture, you can see something resembling gas being sucked into the mask
2. The company doesn't care about the wellbeing of mudokons, so why have protection for the eyes?

I dunno, this probably didn't help at all :/

There you go!