There’s something to be said for someone who readily accepts the fact that they’re staring at someone with a lantern for a head.
At least, Wes is pretty sure that’s what he’s seeing. And, for the record, he’s not one of those people. He’s not the most skeptical person, but there’s a line to be drawn somewhere -- the mime has probably drawn this line repeatedly, and over time, it just keeps going further and further and further --
But this definitely can’t be right.
This isn’t just a thing that happens.
He’ll take tangible shadows, and he’ll take animals that can talk, but this is... he doesn’t know what this is, but it can’t be real!
This would be a fool-proof theory if... if he could just figure out what was going on. He’d smacked straight into the guy, he’d been so focused on watching his feet while he walked, and when he’d looked up to start bubbling over with wordless apologies, he stopped dead in his tracks.
Because something was off.
As in, they were missing a face. And also a head. Well. Sort of.
Wes jumped to one of two conclusions, in order -- A), that this particular person was holding a lantern up to their face and was simply hiding behind it, which was disproved when he rounded them and found that there was no back-of-their-head to be found, or B), he’d messed with one too many shadows. Except he didn’t have a headache, nor did he feel tired, and there was nothing flickering at the peripherals of his vision.
What, then, is this?
The mime finds himself simply staring up at the other, eyes wide. He’s really against staring; it’s not polite, but... honestly. Can they even see that he’s staring?? Are they even alive? Who knows. Not him -- he’s going to keep staring.