Severus is quiet while he adjusts enough to be able to slip his other hand free. There's no rush with this, and the fact that he isn't saying anything to preface it is... well, not so ominous, maybe, but not indicative of anything good, either. Especially about something that's supposed to be a long story.
He tucks the tips of two fingers beneath the bandage near his wrist and tugs gently, causing it to unfurl and slide away as though it was never stuck to begin with. (Magic.) He flexes his hand and twists his forearm slightly to expose the red and black nanite tattoo, stitched into his skin just alongside something else. From the inside of his elbow to nearly and inch above his palm is a stretched and angry-looking design, a human skull with its jaw stretched wide, a snake crawling from the mouth and down his arm. It's not quite a scar or a burn, but some awful in-between thing; Severus knows that it's slightly darker now than it was last jump, thanks to Draco's appearance.
The magic within it is dead, but the connection will forever be there, permanently tying him to the monster that cast the spell. ]
This brand Marks me as a Death Eater. I belong to the Dark Lord, and am bound to him by this. Were he here, it would burn black.
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Severus is quiet while he adjusts enough to be able to slip his other hand free. There's no rush with this, and the fact that he isn't saying anything to preface it is... well, not so ominous, maybe, but not indicative of anything good, either. Especially about something that's supposed to be a long story.
He tucks the tips of two fingers beneath the bandage near his wrist and tugs gently, causing it to unfurl and slide away as though it was never stuck to begin with. (Magic.) He flexes his hand and twists his forearm slightly to expose the red and black nanite tattoo, stitched into his skin just alongside something else. From the inside of his elbow to nearly and inch above his palm is a stretched and angry-looking design, a human skull with its jaw stretched wide, a snake crawling from the mouth and down his arm. It's not quite a scar or a burn, but some awful in-between thing; Severus knows that it's slightly darker now than it was last jump, thanks to Draco's appearance.
The magic within it is dead, but the connection will forever be there, permanently tying him to the monster that cast the spell. ]
This brand Marks me as a Death Eater. I belong to the Dark Lord, and am bound to him by this. Were he here, it would burn black.