You didn't have to. As someone who was placed into the Department of Enma, you were given a job as soon as you arrived. I would generally argue that your vocation requires more than physical skills, but I don't know if that's truly the case here. I, on the other hand, need to pursue a new career. And that, you need skills for.

[ Plenty of skills, though? He's only ever seen that Andy has the one. He supposes he'll discover more as he grows to know her more. Unfortunately for Kim, it seems as though fists do an awful lot of the talking around here. Kim's no stranger to fighting and even considers himself a passable fighter - he's weathered more than a few in his day - but when compared to those who have molded their life around their physical prowess, he can admit that he falls short of the mark. ]

I think so, yes, [ he says, nodding a little apologetically at her stitches. ] There's really no way around it. If you went to go see a proper doctor with dissolvable stitches, it would mitigate the damage somewhat, but I doubt the hair would grow back correctly regardless. [ He offers her a wry smile. ] It's kind of a cool look, though.

[ Very popular in the Homo-sexual Underground. ]