"You're looking at it all wrong, Glamerspear. It's not a medical accessory; it's a war wound, and you're a decorated, battle-scarred warrior walking into the Officers' Mess after her latest conquest." She shrugged her eyebrows and softened her expression, turning back to her book. "If you ask me, that sounds pretty good for impressing a crowd of do-nothing noblepony officers. They love to hear from Equestria's 'valiant fighting ponies.' And doubly so when your 'latest conquest' happens to be somepony whose squadron just caused a public incident and embarrassed the landed gentry of Equestria."