It certainly didn't feel like paint, for all the second Elizabeth's finger ghosted over it before Raven moved back. Quickly; scooting slightly and turning, and obviously tense now. A moment of shock, and pause, before quietly saying. "Sorry...just...I'm...not used to being touched."

Shifting slightly in her cloak, still so covered up and yet now obviously with her knees curled up against her chest, her arms around them. A very un-lady-like position, but for the pile of blue fabric keeping her covered. "I...was raised in somewhat of an ascetic childhood. I'm well-versed in the occult though, and most of my studies would be familiar to you as a form of Alchemy." Offered as an explanation for part of why Raven was closed off, even as she was clearly also wanting to be around the Queen.

"The women in India likely have it painted on their forehead much for the same reasoning behind my own though. It's a chakra; it specifically is the chakra representing the 3rd eye, denoting clarity and fore-knowledge if possible. Chakras being a concept of points of energy along the body that can affect one's mood and health, and being originally an Indian belief". Raven was clearly much more comfortable discussing academic subjects, rather than herself.