[ It'll bring him under the protection of Tot and perhaps ultimately mark him to be spared when the purge comes. But if he's rather refuse, that's his choice.

Jay sits where bidden, hands folded loosely on his knees. ]

I do. I have experienced this-- [ and here he holds out one arm, tracing a place on the back of his hand where the blight had been ] --and have been able to wash the blight away with water blessed by my god. But that was a very small amount of blight.