That's why he'd asked first. And also why he was completely minding his own business in there. Morgan couldn't really have pried even if he wanted to; as he began quite carefully placing the acupuncture needles -- in front, which meant she couldn't see -- his mind had a simple, pure, singleminded focus with a level of raw will and determination adequate to rewrite reality itself to his desires, in the most literal sense.

Do you want the simple answer or the complicated one?

Before her eyes, the skin on his back began to adjust minutely, bringing the tattoo into far sharper definition.