Radiation is Painful

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A radiation-hardened quine can take a hit and stay standing, but nobody ever said that the quine can't be a wuss about it.

For this challenge, you should write a quine that:

If no characters are removed, prints its source code normally.
Iff any one character is removed, prints the original program's source code, followed by a new line and then this text:
```
Owie! That hurt!
```
You should only print the original plus that.

Standard quine rules apply for this challenge, and the shortest valid code in bytes wins. See also Radiation Detector!

asked Feb 8 at 2:10

Nissa

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\$\begingroup\$ I'm not sure what this adds to the site beyond the quine and radiation hardened quine challenges. \$\endgroup\$ – Gabriel Mills Feb 8 at 2:29
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\$\begingroup\$ There's a little bit of new complexity in both retaining the same behaviour while irradiated, while also being able to tell that it has been irradiated. \$\endgroup\$ – Jo King Feb 8 at 12:34

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