“Your working theory is wrong,” Olivia said. “You didn’t read the translator’s notes. This”—she indicated the location of the burns—“is a common experience for all the natives on the ring. They have a religion around them… I didn’t read all that. But they’re important. Apparently having a good mark can set you up for life, and a bad one can stick you on a farm or something until you die.” Pause. “What does it look like? Seems like that might be important somehow.”