My eyebrows quirk up a moment, and I have to hold back a look of amusement. What interesting times Demelza comes from, to not even know what a tattoo is.

"I don't have any myself, but I've heard that they're terribly painful or that they don't feel any worse than a scratch. I think it depends on the placement, and perhaps the person," I muse. I don't know much about tattoos, honestly, but I think I know the basics. "The reason it bleeds is because it's drawn with a needle. The needle makes a sort of wound and it's filled with ink, and that way the drawing stays in the person's skin and won't wash away."