[Which makes him not want to follow through with his next action--the action of removing the carbon-fiber mask he wore, the click of the straps as he removed it from his face. He gives Eichi a tired glance once the mask is off, dull glowing eyes pitted in dark holes in his head looking every bit as exhausted as a man who barely sleeps should look.
He still looks like the somewhat friendly man who'd visited him in the hospital, but with anything resembling life drained from his features.
Once healthy dark skin is marred, visible veins showing on his face--scars that might have once looked good look like jagged cracks in his skin that nearly glow at the core--as if he's still burning just under the surface of skin and scar tissue. It doesn't help the appearance of 'something burning' as black fog seems to slowly seep out from the patches of muscle and skin that are broken--even more so from a section of his cheek that's entirely missing flesh, showing teeth nearly up to his jawline in a smile that would be far too large were he to ever make the expression.]
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He still looks like the somewhat friendly man who'd visited him in the hospital, but with anything resembling life drained from his features.
Once healthy dark skin is marred, visible veins showing on his face--scars that might have once looked good look like jagged cracks in his skin that nearly glow at the core--as if he's still burning just under the surface of skin and scar tissue.
It doesn't help the appearance of 'something burning' as black fog seems to slowly seep out from the patches of muscle and skin that are broken--even more so from a section of his cheek that's entirely missing flesh, showing teeth nearly up to his jawline in a smile that would be far too large were he to ever make the expression.]