"I'd suppose he would be. And well, it's a gorgeous symbol. What is it of, if you don't mind my prying? I always like hearing stories." For one, it kept the customer's mind off the pain and into why they were getting the tattoo. It also gave him a lot of fallback for stories he could use in his other job.
He leaned back and got a damp gauze to wipe down the ink and blood that leaked, to check on the work so far, nodding once that he'd covered all the outline on the rounded part. It would take a while to get all the black laid out, so he hoped her story was a long one.