[ it doesn't harm the metal, no -- and right now its nature is more of a symptom of his corruption than the Starscourge in and of itself.

he smiles, though, hearing Levity's thought; and as the bird pecks the wound starts to heal, automatically binding itself back together even as the bird tongues at it. mainly to see how the bird'll react, at that, if it'll try to re-open the wound. ]