"Ksiñe ripped off his mask. His face had human features, in different proportions and shape, feline or piscine in a way. His skin was translucent and matte smooth over shifting patterns of spots that congealed into stripes across the bridge of his nose, peach above cream. His round eyes stretched to points at his temples. There the spots in his skin angled into black chevrons, the creamy hues reddening into a venomous glare."