Coeval Onus
I ask carefully, and Machiv turns to me before smiling.
"Of course not. Ask away."
"Why do you wear gloves?" I ask, "Are you hurt?"
"No, nothing like that. At least, not totally," says Machiv, and reaches up under his sleeve, clicking something, and pulling one glove off, revealing a relatively normal arm, "I wear these to stop myself from chewing my nails. It's a bad habit of mine."
"Oh, I see," I say.
"But why are they so long?" asks Hala, "I mean, aren't they hot?"
Hot Chapters