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Not painful in the sense that it's terrible, but the fact that he sounds like he's choking out his words, like tensing your stomach and forcing the air out

So i get the vibe he's in discomfort/pain

I like to think (headcanon) he intentionally uses this tone to sound more authoritarian/intimidating. When he naturally has a softer voice (like the one in Arcadia)

But he has done this for so long that everyone accepts this as his natural tone