"That's very kind of them to say so." The injury is at least five years old, but there's a raggedness to the scarring that hints at a poor quality of medical treatment at the time. While the missing fingertips isn't uncommon for a certain inept sort of handyman, it's not commonly due to an unclean crush wound. The line of scar tissues is not even, which suggests it was caused by repeated, inexact blows with a sharp, but not honed, edge.

"But I think they've only said that out of fear that I'll end up renovating their rooms next and cover it all in flamingo pink."