Sugar Pine Tattoo

Safiya got this tattoo when she graduated from college, before leaving with Curtis for Brazil. The pair each got a tattoo representing the other.

Safiya's is a sugar pine tree, which is the meaning of Curtis' middle name, Istou, in Miwok.

Curt's tattoo is on his shoulder blade and reads, in letters penned out by Safiya for him, "Though she be but little, she is fierce."