I've heard and read about branding on the web but it never really interested me until we went to Vicious Valentine in February '99 and were able to witness it first hand. We were really impressed and I was really moved by how emotional it must be to reach that level of submission for your master. We felt it was a very bonding experience for both parties, Master and slave. We talked about it off and on and then one weekend we were at SSAX and Slave Pamela's house and all of a sudden Master Gar decided that he would like to have me branded with his mark.