"No," Artemis moaned, "Don't... it's not just a scar."

It was now or never, apparently. He slowly pulled the bandage off, revealing the upside-down cross burnt into his pale skin. "He, as a person, means nothing to me in the long run but... this mark reminds me of everything that I don't want to think about or remember. This will never leave me--it's a brand. He's taken me as his own, Haku, and I'll never, ever, get out from under his influence as long as I stay the way I am now."