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Suzanne asked this question about Station Eleven:
It seemed as if it had become a tradition that if you killed someone, you tattooed a mark on your arm. Why would that have happened? Why would it be something you would want people to know about you?
Chris Rigby It wasn't a general thing. AFAIK it was limited to the Symphony, perhaps inherited from a community they'd passed through? You would want people - who…mǰIt wasn't a general thing. AFAIK it was limited to the Symphony, perhaps inherited from a community they'd passed through? You would want people - who might be bandits - to know you're not someone to be messed with.(less)
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