It was a stupid looking mark. A weird combination of animals that represented you and your soulmate respectively, his was a coiling serpent that was loosely wrapped around your animal that was a ram or sheep of some kind. When you'd first seen the snake appear on your pre-marked animal, you'd been confused. How the hell was your soulmate going to be someone with those types of characteristics? Cold, calculating or manipulative. Really any trait that was seen as negative by you or just about anyone you asked.

Only now you are staring bewildered as you were slung over someone's shoulder and stammered stunned protests as your now savior, sprinted forward and quickly brought you out of the line of fire of the dying battle on the streets of the city you lived in. You'd been wandering in the streets looking for a place to eat lunch when a booming explosion had made your ears ring as scrap and debris had begun falling around you as a number of buildings began collapsing. You'd been too stunned to do anything and just stared in awe as the concrete and plaster of a crumbling structure fell above you. He'd grabbed you, slung you over his shoulder and promptly began running to ensure you didn't turn to bloody smear on the pavement. After eventually getting to a seemingly safe place, he'd set you down and quickly looked you over, patting you down as he tried to check for wounds of any kind. Still in a half stunned daze, you'd instinctively called him a pervert and attempted to shove his hands off when he'd patted your sides to see if your ribs were broken. Though he'd grabbed your wrists to stop you with an unbothered expression. His his face quickly changed to confusion after noticing the exposed skin on your forearm from where your sleeve had fallen down. He'd looked from you to the mark a few times before letting go and tugging up his own uniform sleeve to show an identical mark before quietly muttering: "Damnit.