An inexplicable pattern is beginning to emerge in the port city of {0}. More and more, sailors visiting with their ships from abroad have been making inquiries about your people’s tattoos. Strangers’ curiosity about the markings, though often rudely expressed or dismissive, is familiar to you by now. These new questions, however, concern not what the tattoos are, but rather how to obtain them. What answer do you give to these extraordinary requests?
If the foreigners are willing to pay handsomely, we may lend them our expertise.
We welcome this unexpected opportunity for our stories to travel across the world.
Our tattooing practices and designs hold special significance. They may not be shared with outsiders.