Tortured Beginnings

   Appearances can be misleading. In a world of instant everything, people make serious judgments relying solely on someone's appearance.     Nickoli was mentally and noticeably physically scarred in his childhood by psychopaths that had pretended to be parents. He'd grown tired of the endless questions; who, when, and why. So he had tattoos to cover the worst facial scars and hid behind the disguise.      Nickoli escaped but then he had to find his origins to get a birth certificate and other documentation.  There weren't any parents registered under his last name either.     Fate presented him with some unforeseen circumstances, forcing him to rethink his attitudes.