They learned the intimate details of each other's bodies, the scratchscars on O-ha's nose, the small 'v' that had been clipped from A-ho's right ear, both the result of hunting play with siblings.
Gina: Do you think some day, just once, you could come back in the same shape that you left?
Ray: You don't like my scars?
Gina: (kisses scar) I don't mind the scars...I just don't like the stories they tell.
Ani: No way. So many scars, and blood. It's so...
Kate: I know. It's gross.
Ani: No, no. I think it's awesome.
— Kate
Dr. Lamb: Twenty percent of his body is covered in scar tissue. Second degree burns on his back and arms... X-rays show at least twelve fractures that never properly healed.
Moira Queen: Has he said anything about what happened?
Dr. Lamb: No. He's barely said anything.
— Arrow
Kathryn lies back against the pillows of her bed and lets Seven learn her. Long nails just barely brush her nipples and vanish again. And there are Seven's palms, running down her captain's body from shoulders to ankles, mapping out the skin.
Here, this is where she cut her leg on an ancient barbed-wire fence as a child. This is the mark left over from a shuttle accident when she was just an ensign. Those white lines across Kathryn's back are best forgotten; they're the history of a Cardassian prison where everything is unspeakable.
