Don't forgive me too quickly. I near let her take my head off, despite it.

[He motions vaguely to the side of his face that's cut up — and the one injury that looks different from the others, vertical down his eye instead of across his cheek like the rest.]

But no. After I was pronounced "winner", and we had summarily failed the exam, they brought her back. They just didn't see fit to mend her hand while they were at it.