She stopped mid-track when she realized that she was, herself, a<em>marked</em>girl. Every single priestess of the Shadow had a scar, made with fire or burning water, in an undistinct shape. The form was hiding the rays of the sun. It showed the Shadow hiding the Sun, and could also pass for a birth blemish or a scar from an accident if necessary - unless the investigation was too close.<br/>It was forbidden for one of the Ten to become High Priestess herself, but still... were there any other<em>marked</em>girls in the temple? She never taught about that, assuming she was unique. But she also remembered what her early teachers had said about assuming. "When you AssUMe, you make an Ass out of You and Me." She never knew why it was the canonical form, but he liked repeating it.<br/>She made a mental note to herself to further study the other sisters. But then she realized that tonight, on the cleansing ritual, the three candidates would be naked...