(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

So as much as I wanted power, as much as I needed it, it was that
masochism that set my tongue that day.
"Ignus, your mastery of the Art... can you teach me any of your powers?"
"Ssss... Ignussss once knew much... no longer... Ignussss burnnssss... in
sssuffering, Ignusssss learnssss..." A tiny flame gusted from his mouth, like
laughter, and a stream of embers spat forth. "Ssssuffer... learn..."
As I was about to speak, I felt a crawling sensation in the back of my skull...
and I was suddenly struck with the certainty, that the knowledge Ignus had
to teach may permanently scar me... and as terrified as I was, I was satisfied
with that.
"I am willing to suffer for such knowledge..."
"Ssssufffer...?" Flames flickered eagerly along the edges of Ignus' mouth,
spiraling up along the melted ruin of his face. "Burnnnnn? Piecesssss of
sssself are burnnned away... sssss... Ignusss... Ignusss may ssstill teach
MUCH."
"I wish to learn, Ignus... can you teach me some of the Art?"
"Where flamessss once burnnned, one may ssssend them again..." Before I
could react, Ignus' claw lashed out and clutched my finger, and with a
greedy hssssss, he BURNED it. Clusters of cauterized nerves sent bolts of
agony through my hand in their death-throes, and through the searing pain,
I closed my eyes and SCREAMED...
My knees were trembling when I forced my eyes open. The burning mass of
my hand was throbbing and charred from where Ignus touched it... he
floated above, uncaring, cradling my finger, then snapped the tip off with a
nonchalance that sent a chill through my bones despite the heat that came
off of him in waves. All that was left was the base of the digit. He hssed,
cinders and ash drifting from his mouth, and flicked the charred remains of
me finger back to me.
"Erhkk... what... did... you... do...?" The saliva at my lips was salty and tart
with the taste of bile, and the threat of my last meal coming up again.
"Teachingsssss..." Ignus cackled, the sound now strangely painful to my ears.
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