Which left Sparkle standing there, bemused and pleasantly surprised.

"... I mean," he said, after a moment, "it's... a scar? Not really a 'you can get this on Earth' scar. Well. I have some of those, too."

They were just less blatant than the vibroblade scar. Which in a way was almost a relief. One big scar from a bad incident managed to so neatly take the attention away from a couple dozen more subtle, less showy abuses.