Exactly. It'd be fucking weird to be any other way, so he's just saving them a bit of awkwardness.

There may be a growl as he looks down, watches that knife cut into his skin just so he doesn't have to watch that smug look on Homelander's face. "Oh, you bastard."

He didn't agree to have a fucking name carved into him, a reminder of this entire ordeal more than any of the scars. He can't even pull away. "I can tell. You're bloody awful at it."