Can't touch the...? [The what.] I guess so? Never heard it called that before.

[His expression shifts a bit. There's concern there, even if he doesn't voice it. My whole life is a pain - yikes. That's probably not good.]

Me? I'm good. Just don't like how it hurts a couple people I know. If it's only affecting me, I can handle it.

[But not if it puts his friends in danger, or pains them.] Nah. He got off easy. And so did the people branding us.

[Because if someone put a brand on Assan, there would have been hell to pay.]