"Got a point there, I suppose." Unless one was a troll of course, but that was neither here nor there.

"It's like strikin' someone with a brand. The flesh hisses and bubbles, burns appear. The harder the blow, the deeper the wound, the stronger the poison. Hit one hard enough and ye can kill 'em outright. If they live, their powers and abilities are severely hindered until they heal, and apparently, they carry the scar from it forever."