Alley stared at him for a long moment, as though considering refusing.
...A long moment.
"..."
Then with a sigh, she lifted the hand to her teeth and nipped the very tip of a finger, tugging the glove off in one motion -- and wincing around it as she did so. Alleyana, who could take a staggering blow from an enemy and not wince, winced at this, the cloth unbearably rough as it slid over skin that always felt like the nerves were all completely exposed.
The skin here was deathly pale, scars in layers. It had been skinned, it had had nails driven through it, and not a single bone in the back of it or in any of the fingers was straight. Veins routed strangely, a tendon strained against the skin at a joint. She didn't even have fingernails anymore, the nailbeds were so ruined with scarring, a fingertip bone pressing so hard up against one it was a wonder it hadn't split the flesh open.
That hand was an absolute horror that shouldn't function. At all.
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...A long moment.
"..."
Then with a sigh, she lifted the hand to her teeth and nipped the very tip of a finger, tugging the glove off in one motion -- and wincing around it as she did so. Alleyana, who could take a staggering blow from an enemy and not wince, winced at this, the cloth unbearably rough as it slid over skin that always felt like the nerves were all completely exposed.
The skin here was deathly pale, scars in layers. It had been skinned, it had had nails driven through it, and not a single bone in the back of it or in any of the fingers was straight. Veins routed strangely, a tendon strained against the skin at a joint. She didn't even have fingernails anymore, the nailbeds were so ruined with scarring, a fingertip bone pressing so hard up against one it was a wonder it hadn't split the flesh open.
That hand was an absolute horror that shouldn't function. At all.