As soon as the fabric came down, Benedict had mentally prepared himself for the question, and he offers a tight, humorless little smirk in response.

"My induction into Riftwatch was not without contention," he says drily, "...my mentor at the time had thrown in with the Venatori, and betrayed them when we were brought here. They didn't like that."

Pensively, he runs his fingertips over the scar.

"An unpracticed healer," he continues with a weak little laugh, "healed the tourniquet right into the wound. It had to be undone and redone."