No, I didn't see it! She kept it from me and went on about her business, like she always does!

[His body trembles; he stifles a cough, his hand going to his chest as he feels his ribcage rattle from within.]

You said I'd- I'd become something unrecognizable. Why? Why would you say such a thing? What do you think you know about me, or my goddess, or anything that's going to happen?!

[That cough makes its way out of him regardless -- and with it, the ink.]