"Fair enough." Draw, place.

Audrey draws and places her tile.

"Are you, like, ok?" Draw, place.

"Yeah I think so." Draw, place.

"That doesn't sound super confident." Draw, place.

"I'm still kind of shaken, honestly. But... takes all kinds, right?" Draw, place.

"Mhm." Draw, place.

"... And you do all that to your girlfriend who isn't even a masochist?" Draw, place.

"Not the fireplay, we tried it and it's too much for her, but scarification and needlework, yes. You should see her wings." Draw, place.

"Her wings? Oh, because she's a devil like you. Though... you don't seem to have any?" Draw, place.

"I keep mine stowed, frightens people less. Scythe didn't come with, so I gave her tattoos of wings on her back." Draw, place.

"That is kind of weirdly sweet." Draw, place.

"You could maybe call it a shared interest. I get to hurt her, she gets cool body art. Win/win." Draw, place.

"I can maybe understand it a bit more. And these other people who you've done branding and such on, they...?" Draw, place.

"Are uniformly the kinds of people who own really high-quality TK minters." Draw, place.

"Yeah, I can see it... Still kind of extreme for my tastes..." She draws and places another tile.

"'Kind of,' she says, as if she's considering it seriously. Come off it, you'd literally scream if I came anywhere within five feet of you with a brand." Draw, place.

"Ok fair point. The whole business really does unsettle me." Draw, place.

"Your kink is not my kink and that's OK." Draw, place.

Sigh. "Yeah, fair. I don't really have a leg to stand on here anyway." Draw, place.

"Oh?" Draw, place.

"Yeah I um - I'm a little." Draw, place.

"Oh? Well, far be it for me to judge what you do with your time. Not my kink, but..." She shrugs and places another tile.

"... Thank you." Draw, place.

"For what?" Draw, place.