It is not, as a point of fact, torture, and he well knows the difference - but making light of the subject might keep her from the truth of his scars. He'd had no trouble with them among prior groups, if only because no one actually wanted to share the details of their pasts...but Vex'ahlia is chatty. Inquiring. And she's seen more of him than he hopes most of her comrades will.

It's a dangerous game to play, deception, but he's gotten better at it over the last few years.

Also dangerous: overtures. He's can tell he's trifling with fire here, and yet he can't resist the opportunity to burn his hands. "The, ah, pleasure of your company?"