[Underneath, it's far worse. What he reveals should not, by every meaning of the words, belong on a man who is up and walking around.
The skin is dark, but pallid--like a corpse that had been lying out in the sun for several days. Peeled up and decayed--especially around the cheeks--to expose teeth that should be hidden from sight. Skin tight to his face so much to show the shape of a skull underneath, and a set of pitless red eyes--black like ashes where it should be white.
In every meaning of the word, he looks dead. Dead, and rotting. Black whisps of smoke are rising up from the open parts of his face, like he's burning on the inside.]
A little hard for people to 'look past' what they see sometimes, you know.
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The skin is dark, but pallid--like a corpse that had been lying out in the sun for several days. Peeled up and decayed--especially around the cheeks--to expose teeth that should be hidden from sight. Skin tight to his face so much to show the shape of a skull underneath, and a set of pitless red eyes--black like ashes where it should be white.
In every meaning of the word, he looks dead. Dead, and rotting. Black whisps of smoke are rising up from the open parts of his face, like he's burning on the inside.]
A little hard for people to 'look past' what they see sometimes, you know.