People... are already judging me when they see the scars though, aren't they? So really, it'd save me some pity. But... I guess I'd feel guilty. That I wasn't accepting the full punishment I deserved.

[He knows César will say he didn't deserve any punishment. He maybe even knows that his adoptive father is correct in that assessment. But it doesn't stop him from thinking about it, pressing against the lines on César's hand more stubbornly.]

Scars... your scars kinda look like a road map. Mine are more like a topography map or something, whatever you call it. But... it's like they see the direction your life is going and paint it all over your face. I guess I feel like I should own up to that.