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The brand is aching. This is part of the pleasure of it. Something I never knew before I got my first one. Something I didn't expect.

It's warm to the touch and the tissue around the strike marks is raised, making the strikes seem like an indentation in the flesh. Which I suppose they are, considering the flesh has been burned away.

Tender to the touch, but I can't stop touching it.

Court what you fear.