Two black and grey line tattoos on forearms, an X-wing starfighter on the upper arm and a TIE fighter on the lower arm, in a fine line style.

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X-wing and TIE fighter forearm tattoos

Fine line · Forearm · Black and grey · Photo

Two forearms are shown, one above the other. The upper forearm carries an outlined X-wing starfighter with its four wings spread in an X shape, and the lower forearm carries an outlined TIE fighter with a shaded central cockpit. The linework is clean and even, with solid black areas used sparingly, and the image is entirely black and grey.

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Dear Tom, we are four weeks out from Valparaiso and the swell has finally gone flat enough that I can write without the page sliding off the bench. The cook has taken to calling me the Admiral since I started building that kit you posted to me at Panama, the two little fighters you swore would survive the damp. The X-wing came out fine. Its wings snap open like a fan when you press the pin, and I have it hung above my bunk on a length of fishing line so it swings whenever the ship rolls.

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The TIE is the trouble. I glued its ball cockpit on crooked in the second week, and Ravi says it looks like a bowling ball that has been dropped down a stairwell. I told him that was the whole point, the thing is meant to be ugly and hungry. He called me soft in the head and I called him a bloody Scot, which he is not, and we are friends again now.

Here is what I keep thinking about. Last night the wireless went quiet for six hours, and I sat on the deck with the two of them in my lap, one in each hand, trying to decide which I would rather be. The X-wing, I think, because it can carry the hard stuff home. Then the wind shifted and the hull groaned, and I found I was holding the TIE tight against my chest so it would not crack.

Keep this short, I am on watch at six. Write back and tell me the dog has not eaten the postcard.

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