['But' he's not getting anymore tattoos or piercings out of her. It took her most of their first son's life for her to become entirely comfortable with it all and she wasn't going to start that process over again. If he wanted something with more holes in it he can go fuck swiss cheese.]

I almost killed the girl that was doing them! And it took everything in me to avoid crying my eyes out, Nathan! The only reason I wasn't balling is because I was too prideful! [That, and she'd been with Masaomi, she was proving something to him and if she'd appeared as utterly terrified and sad to lose her flawless skin as she'd actually felt he probably wouldn't have let her do it.]

I still can't walk near tattoo ships without feeling an unreasonable amount of pure anger.