"The tips o" the cords bit intae my flesh, tearin" wee chunks away. My blood ran doon my sides, soakin" intae my kilt. The cauld seemed tae seep intae my bones, and I could feel the flesh on my hands begin tae peel away, leavin" my fingers raw and exposed," Jamie continued, his voice heavy with the weight of his past suffering. "The banes o" my airms were bare, held thegither only by the ropes that bound me."