[ Kija blinks at Vietnam's apology, unsure about why she was apologising at all. There was simply no reason to. A scar was a scar, and this one in particular - though frightening-looking to some - had no negative connotations in his mind. ]

You do not have to apologise. [ He doesn't expect such an old thing to be healable anyway, so!! ] I do not think these scars can be healed. I have had them for many years.

-- It was my father who gave them to me. [ He's just going to casually drop that in there. ]