"And I have several as well," she replied, seeming entirely confused by the statement. What did having female friends have to do with anything?

But at least in glancing him over, trying to figure out what might have gone wrong -- had he some injury she'd accidentally pressed into, with the shift in stances when she'd sat down, perhaps? -- she caught sight of those lines. She hesitated, though... what was that? Were those decorations? She'd seen similar, recently, though it had been much more ornate, and also included a depiction of bones, ivy, dice, and some phrase in a language she was uncertain of... well, not all art was to everyone's tastes. But something about the way it looked underneath that....

"...Are you all right?"