[ molly can be cagey and frustratingly vague with answers, but this one he doesn't mind getting into. ]
All over the place. Some were by others at the carnival, sometimes I pay for them in a town we're passing through. [ holding up his arm with the snake on it. ] This was started by someone at the Carnival one of my first nights there.
Can't say they're comfortable, but you get used to it. Worst over joints, or where the bone is close to skin.
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[it has come to Jem's attention he asks many questions despite veering away from answering many himself. must angle toward fairness.]
Let's start with where you had them done. And was it all the same artist? Was it painful?
[oops that's more than one.]
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All over the place. Some were by others at the carnival, sometimes I pay for them in a town we're passing through. [ holding up his arm with the snake on it. ] This was started by someone at the Carnival one of my first nights there.
Can't say they're comfortable, but you get used to it. Worst over joints, or where the bone is close to skin.
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What about the eyes? The pyramid one on your nape? Do they mean anything?
[he reaches out a hand as if to touch the body of the snake, but he stops shy of it. remembers his manners.]
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... The eyes came with the body. The pyramid is all-seeing, knowledge and foresight. Stuff like that.
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'Came with the body?' What does that mean?