"I have," Alfred said with a nod. Then, after a moment's pause, he added, "But I don't recommend it when you're just practicing." The spell worked just the same way on cloth as it did on someone's body, so there was no need at all to practice on an actual wound. Not when making little cuts in a piece of fabric could accomplish the same thing without any pain whatsoever.

"It can scar a little, too, depending on how big the cut is," he pointed out, rolling his right sleeve up to point out a thin white line on his arm from a spear wound half a decade ago. "So it's not quite as clean as the magic healers use, but it's certainly better than nothing."