"I think we're both being stubborn, but when aren't we?" Krem said with a smile. He polished off his tea and got up to go put the dish in the sink and put the teas and honey and almond milk away where they all belong. "But also, it's a bit of solidarity. If mine hurts more than yours, than you can laugh at me making a face. Ladies tend to be better with pain anyway, I've found."

He came back out of the kitchen sweeping his fingers through his hair idly. "What do you think then? I'm fair sure the shop that did my tattoo does piercings, they should be well good."