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I wasn’t sure where to put this question (plotting? themes? I don’t know) so I’m shoving it here. I figure @daeus-lamb can yell at me later if it’s in the wrong spot (joking, joking…please don’t yell at me).

Ok, on to the question: in my current book, a character is going to be tortured to the point of leaving major scars and even losing an eye eventually (I’m undecided on whether it should be due to infection or just part of the torture process). I don’t like writing my books so dark that my younger sisters can’t read it, so how do I write what happens, and not go full on darkness?