The Nature of the Dark Mark

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No: HPFGUIDX 191358

This post is brought to you by my nine-year-old son. He asked me if polyjuiced-Hermione-as-Bellatrix would have the dark mark and if she would be able to summon Voldemort. I don't think she'd be able to summon Voldemort, whether or not she had the dark mark, since I think there's more to it than just "pressing" the mark. 

However, I am confused about if it would appear on polyjuice!Hermione. It doesn't operate like a tattoo or scar that is consistent, it can fade away, and it gets hotter/brighter when "in use". I wonder then, how exactly it works, and if it would transfer the way other attributes transfer with polyjuice. Perhaps all tattoos (if they exist) in the wizarding world are "magical" in this sort of way, maybe they can be hidden from certain people, or move magically, and if so that would make me think the dark mark *would* appear on Hermione, since its just another shade of tattoo. But the way the dark mark "knew" Voldemort was getting stronger during Goblet of Fire points toward it being connected to Voldemort somehow (which would jive with it being an honor to get the mark, and having to be a select DE). If its a piece of Voldemort (in a sense), than it couldn't just replicate itself onto Hermione, could it?

-Rebecca