No! I-I mean, yes, it's dangerous, very dangerous! The Yellow Sign is worn by members of his cult to identify one another. But that is not its only purpose. Even by accident, anyone who possesses the sign - drawn on a page they keep in their home or on their person, worn as an amulet around the neck, tattooed into the skin - is susceptible to the King in Yellow's influence, or one of his heirs, who are just as terrifying and powerful as the King himself. It could be as simple as mind control, and it could be as horrifying as complete possession. The...

[He swallows, hard, his mental voice falling silent for a long moment.]

... the last person who was subjected to the sign was to be turned into the King in Yellow himself, their avatar on Earth. The ritual was interrupted, and she did not survive the process. Thank God she didn't. If she had, she would have been turned into a many-limbed monstrosity, and her mind would have been torn apart, flayed by the King in Yellow, her humanity and sense of self removed to better understand his maddening word and turn the world to chaos around her.