[ He's not really aware of the marks on his hips, because that entire area is starting to feel sore that whatever feeling from the marks can't stand out from all that. ]

Jeez, you made me think something was wrong for a second.

[ But he's relieved. Sinclair can start getting Oria's hair after Oria sits down on a shower stool. There's another if Sinclair wants to bring it over. ]

But the resilience of the earring... it made me think of my first one. I was like, eight back then. I wanted to get my ears pierced, so my dad got me a stud earring. It was reinforced like the way I mentioned. But it was also when we found out that I couldn't handle piercings at the time.