[While she does take a somewhat long look at it to get an idea of its age, once she's determined that she's not going to hurt him she gets to work. C places her hands on either side of the mark, activating it. Dhaos would feel a peculiar sensation, like something was flowing through his veins backwards. Being as familiar with mana as he is, he'd know that she's pushing all the mana away from the mark temporarily. It's really rather nauseating.]
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