[ she will have to forgive john the somewhat sceptical raising of his brows, having been told that something falling on the higher end of advanced in advanced death science™ was just a minor achievement for her. ]

All of that, and your Shard still looks perfectly normal, at least on the outside.

[ loads of experience but none of those indelible sins; john imagines this is why his Shard looks like weird meat, by contrast. ]

That's not impossible where I come from, but some acts leave a more significant mark than others. Not to say you don't have my sympathies; we call them revenants, but I imagine it's unpleasant being adrift as one for an extended amount of time.

[ based on how many of them want to kill him personally. ]