[ There's another pause, and then Lightning makes what sounds like a growl in her throat before turning her face away- if he really wants to know that bad-- ]

I was cursed back in my world: given a task to complete and a Brand to mark and remind me. It's supposed to start out all black and then slowly change to show how much time is left; when the red eye opens in the middle and is surrounded by arrows... that's when what you saw on the battlefield takes place.

... My Brand is completely white now. Burned out.