" To sew the blue-burnt edges of a gunshot wound together should require only concentration, training, deftness, ease with systems awry and how to stabilize, but with good tools, sharp blades, bright lights, I’m guessing a material’s qualities become more. Professionals are adept at covering it up, but I’m pretty sure pleasure insists. "

― Lia Purpura , It Shouldn't Have Been Beautiful (Poets, Penguin)