The back print is deliberate.
You don't see it. Everyone else does. The dragon isn't watching your intentions — it's watching what you do when the audience disappears and the systems fail and all that's left is whether the ember is still holding heat.
Zyra and Rhaelor had fire. They just couldn't hold it when Vaelrith arrived, because fire seized isn't fire recognised.
Athletic Heather lets the print breathe — textured, present, not trying too hard. Black is the standard. White is the confrontational choice: the eye has nowhere to disappear, and neither do you.
The ember doesn't announce itself.
Neither should you.
