[b][i][color=00aeef] Whip whelps on top of welts and scars... none were ever cared for. Some areas look like they were infected as well. I'd bet your back was one large bleeding sore and for many years after that happened. How cruel people can be is unfathomable to me. [/color][/i][/b] 

Tears began to flow down Mystique's face for the first time since she was a baby when she last allowed  tears to flow.