she's- '' she touched the side of her head with her talon . `` i have to do this , '' she said softly . if only he 'd been able to get more fighting in over the past few days , he would have bled off some of his power that way . `` you have my word our relationship would not be discovered . all of them were either sitting on the beds or standing around with blank expressions on their faces . what does that little mark on the second character do to it ? 