The Chosen Bride
He looked at me seriously for a prolonged period and only asked one question:
"Do you mind me wearing the mask?"
"I like you better without it, I like you as you are without it," I specified. "I think it's an act of cunning, as well as a statement that you don't give a damn about the world. Something that tells the rest that the wounds of the past don't bother you, that they've shaped you, made you who you are, and I believe that's the cleverest thing of all, the bravest thing to say."
"The mask is a confidence tool..."
"That you use to intimidate," I said, completing his famous phrase. "But scars are also a symbol that when someone tried to harm you, you defended yourself, survived, and, mo