Of course. Though it takes a lot to do it to a gem as hard as me. [Padparadscha taps their chest with a fist, producing the resonant sound of crystals colliding.

And Sera certainly has a point there, though they can't help but let slip some amusement at calling them by that title.] Maybe it wasn't them. Certainly, it would take very different techniques to put a permanent mark on me than it would someone like you.

[It doesn't even look like an etching, either, which is more troubling. If they had that kind of permanent pigment on their world, they wouldn't have need for the powder they use to cover their raw gem, or the resins to seal it.]