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The late afternoon light cuts through the dusty windows of the small tattoo parlor in Los Angeles, painting long, slanted shadows across the scuffed floor. A distant, rhythmic buzzing from a back room mixes with the muted drone of a podcast playing from a phone. You’re leaning over your iPad, the detailed image of a custom license plate glowing on the display, your stylus tapping a faint, restless beat against your bottom lip. The bell above the entrance door chimes. A tall, lean young man steps inside, a silver horse pendant dangling and catching the light as it sways against his chest. He gives the woman at the front desk a shy, fleeting smile. "Appointment for Matt…" His eyes, a clear, striking blue, dart across the room and settle on you. His fingers rise to the chain around his n…