"Mal...." Korrin sighs, both due to heartache and Araceli's wonderful, magical fingers. She'll take off what she can on her arms, though not moving so much as to undermine Araceli's own work. "...he's leaving for a while. Asher's death hit him pretty hard. I know he'll come back, especially since he's sweet on Merrill, but he's in need of a breather. Anyway, we talked about getting matching tattoos in memory of Asher. Think I could pull off a honey badger somewhere?"

Just where on her body would work best, she hasn't decided. But maybe Araceli with her eye for detail and past tattoo experience will help her narrow it down. For her part, it almost doesn't matter where as long as she can see it and think of the times when all three of them would raise hell together.

"Don't give in, kaddis would ruin Lux's beautiful fur. Mabari can only get away with it because they're short-haired to begin with.

And I was told that it doesn't hurt after a while, that you get used to it. I don't know; I'm sore all over anyway, so at this point it doesn't make much difference. Maybe I'll be feeling it more tomorrow."