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[elcazadorcazado]

Scars make a man, you agree?

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[fine_young]

Physical ones less than mental, but yes.

[onthe_threshold]

Make him what? Slightly gross?

[elcazadorcazado]

Do you think? Physical scars are reminders of mistakes you won't make again.

[elcazadorcazado]

Ha! Perhaps, señor. Scars give a man character, at least.

[onthe_threshold]

I'd be interested in knowing your thought process.

[fine_young]

But mental ones shape the soul.

[elcazadorcazado]

A man with a good scar shows more character than one without. It is telling, to a point. They show you have lived in the world, not in a hole.

[onthe_threshold]

Or that we're fucking dumb enough to keep getting injured.

You got lots?

[elcazadorcazado]

I find they are sometimes intertwined, you agree?

[elcazadorcazado]

I prefer to say that I keep myself challenged.

I have my fair share. And you, señor?

[fine_young]

Sometimes, yes. But not always.

And the physical means nothing with out the mental, by definition. Only the mind can assign meaning.

[onthe_threshold]

That too.

Less than I should, considering. I've had extremely good doctors. Which one hurt most?

[elcazadorcazado]

Serrated blade to the gut, or the poisoned arrow to the shoulder. [He waves a hand.] They both hurt a little. What about yourself?

[onthe_threshold]

That sounds pretty awful.

Uhm. Being put through a floor, I guess. I broke pretty much everything. Oh! Oh! Or ripping imbedded nanotech out of every inch of skin.

[elcazadorcazado]

Yes, but the physical ones still make a man what he is.

[elcazadorcazado]

These things are much harder to recover from, señor. We both like to be challenged, it seems.

[fine_young]

Only physically.

[elcazadorcazado]

You think a man with a severed arm does not change him? It is physical, but it shapes him.

[fine_young]

That's a bit more than just a scar.

[elcazadorcazado]

That's what it becomes. There are many wounds which become just scars, but they are part of what makes that man who he is.

[onthe_threshold]

I've led a very interesting life is all.

[elcazadorcazado]

Very, very interesting indeed. Why would someone imbed nanotech in your skin?

[onthe_threshold]

Uhm. That was sort of... a dumb mistake on my part... it was, uh. Kind of a sentient hive lifeform...

You know. Shit happens.

[elcazadorcazado]

[Alejo looks at him for a minute then offers his hand.]

My name is Alejo, señor, nice to meet you.

[onthe_threshold]

[he shakes it, grip firm but not crushing.]

Matthew Callahan.