"What I figured," he says, tensing at that. Thinking about Ronan and Noah and all they face and how much he wants to do all he can to protect them.

Chainsaw reacts to his emotions, screeching loudly next to his left ear. He doesn't so much as flinch at the sound, muffled as it was against that ear. Instead he reaches up, rubbing the back of her neck.

"I think about things like that every day," he admits, despite not bearing those marks. "My boyfriend and our good friend are both here. Both of them have that mark."