
❝—————Oh.❞
❝That ? ❞
❝It’s what’s on my arm ! ❞
❝I have a tattoo on my right shoulder that —-…a lot of the boys in my tribe get. Er—Leah has one, too. It’s a tribal thing, you know. Like—like a legend. ….Maybe that’s not the right word. Uh— a tradition?❞
❝It looks abstract to most people.❞
❝—-…..or, that’s what people say anyway.❞
❝The original story is about two wolves that were born a lot larger than most wolf cubs, and…there were only two of them.❞
❝The mom wolf died while giving birth to the puppies, and so the two wolves howled together—in unison. LIke—…..❞
❝Like a harmony!❞
❝The twin wolves grieved together, but even with the sadness that they—…you know, felt, they still represented strength and solidarity. Billy told me. And Harry. That’s where the Quileute people come from. We are strong, and we’re brothers.❞
❝Other than the one tattoo I’ve got, I—… I don’t have any more. I do have my ears pierced, though.❞
❝Twice.❞
❝Two piercings in each ear, I mean.❞
❝Harry didn’t like that much. A lot of people think all Indians pierce their ears, but my tribe isn’t all that into it.❞
❝Not unless it’s for rituals and ceremonies—stuff like that.❞
❝I just like the way it looks ! ❞