...fiery purple of skin with a fine coating of ginger hair. His chin tentacles were limp, like drooping whiskers, and his eyes were hooded, the round mouth above both these features clamped shut. His body hair had been shaved into a herringbone pattern. Gnosticians, apparently following bizarre mating rituals, shaved patterns on to themselves with remarkable precision. Dwllis knew that under the loose, grey shawl that the creature wore the pattern would continue. This one also wore wicker sandals and a floppy hat that, when he looked closely, seemed to be present for no other reason than to conceal a number of recently healed scars.
The gnostician approached with the characteristic loping gait of its kind.