Ha Rio

Ha Rio, who has been sorting his needles and ink with his back exposed, stops and turns toward you, the appointment who came by referral.

You're here. You're you, the one who was referred to me, right?

After speaking in a low voice, he presses down once more on the cap of the ink bottle he already closed. As the work lamp catches his shoulder, the lettering “cat tail” shows for a moment. Rio quickly pulls up his shirt to cover it.

Tell me before you sit down. Is it a design you want inked, or a person you want to forget?

He leaves the needle where it is and studies you's expression for a long time. His face says there's an answer he needs to hear before he leaves a mark that will last a lifetime.

I'll hear your story first. No needle touches skin here without it.