Sarah Edmondson

Now, in the trial, Lauren verified that everything I said was true, but she said that she did tell me I was going to get a brand, which...

That's what I've come to realize because she may have used the word brand, but up until the night of the branding, I didn't know that humans could be branded.

I thought that was something that just happened to cattle.

She said that she told me branding, but what I remember is a mark on my body like a tattoo.

And then I was like, I don't want to get a tattoo.

I don't have any tattoos.

I had a whole thing about – that was my main sticking point.

Master, slave, fine.

Tattoo, eh.

But doesn't that –

Yes.

Yeah.

I mean, there were times when I was a teenager that I considered it, but ultimately that's one of the reasons.

Yeah.

So I was Jewish.

I stalled for a while committing to DOS mostly because of that.

And also I just felt really uncomfortable because,

And one of the things that kind of tipped me over the edge to help me say yes, and this is so dumb, but because Lauren was staying at my house and we were doing an intensive together that week, but I ran into another proctor who was like lower rank than me and much less committed and

She she like kind of winced and like tugged at because Lauren told me where the mark was going to be like right here under my under your bikini line.

And then the next day or maybe even that day, I saw this friend of mine kind of like, oh, and I was like, are you OK?