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Amai’s aged hands deftly pressed the lampblack into the hole in young woman chin with the fine ivory needles of her trade; a gift from her husband from long ago.“Ah granddaughter,” laughed Amai, “you are doing so well.”“Really, Aana?” The girl’s eyes were filled with tears, but she did not allow even one of them to grace her cheek.“I do my dearest Kiiska.”The girl cringed again as the needle bit into her olive skin once more but grinned despite the pain.Amai remembered her first tattoos from so many long nights ago. She thought of ...
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