Random thought about Shilen.
Even though the scars on his face are healed he keeps the stitches in for the aesthetic. Since he has such a high pain tolerance he does this often, taking out and putting stitches back in. Maybe, once a week or every other week.
Now his mate being a seamstress and designer, i imagine her often doing embroidery work on him when she’s stuck on something or wants to try out a new pattern. It wouldn’t hurt him and he wouldn’t mind it one bit. Just them talking like they normally would, while she stitches patterns into him. He’d probably walk around happily showing off what his mate put on him until they had to come out.
Cute shit for such a morbid guy