[ WP ] You were born with a large birthmark in the shape of a dragon . However , this is just a coincidence ; there is absolutely nothing magical about it , and you 're getting really tired of explaining this .

A boy stares in wonder at the dragon branded on my skin. 
 
 When I was younger, I was proud of the red mark. Fortune tellers would'see' an auspicious future for me. The superstitious would claim that I was blessed by the divine. 
 
 But it was tiring to have such a superfluous mark become the defining aspect of myself. Many people spent more time staring at and theorizing about my birthmark than getting to know me. In the end, I wore high collared shirts in order to avoid all questions about what had become the bane of my existence. 
 
 I was 16 when I realized that the best way to hide my birthmark was to keep it in plain sight. A hundred dollars later and a tattoo artist coloured in the red blotch, fully defining the shape and details of the dragon. 
 
 Now, they just assumed *it* was part of the tattoo. There was less pressure on my future after that. Even if they were not into the occult, people automatically believed I was destined for greater things just because I had been born with a birthmark in the shape of a dragon. Afterwards, it was looked over as an interesting, but extraneous part of myself. 
 
 The boy and his mother stare at my mark. `` Beautiful tat,'' she finally responds. Her boy nods in agreement. I smile, and move my spaghetti strap to reveal the whole image; a golden dragon curled around my shoulder and resting in the crook of my collarbone. 

