OK, that X? That made Jadewing go from snickering to straight-up laughing. "Ha! Ya got that right!", he said, slapping his leg with a loud clang in the midst of his mirth."Tha's somethin' the whole universe can be glad of."

Jadewing settled down though, as Sam went on to talk about body modification. He nodded. "More like gettin' a brand, then, stead of a paint job," he said, tilting his head to indicate the brands on his own wings. "Course, that's assumin' you've got a choice of gettin' one or not." A huff of air that sounded distinctly like a snort, indicated that Jadewing was in the group of 'not'.

"Paintjob's just style, in the end," he said. "You can change it if ya got the time and resources, even if most don' bother. But a brand means somethin'. Least it's supposed to."