Constant use of this amount of clothing really does seem like nothing but a pain. That's cultural difference for you, Alloran reflects.

<It doesn't. Older scars, from before I was given the technology, stayed with me at first. They were part of my image of myself. Unfortunately, I was taken by a Yeerk who had a different image of me, and I can't seem to recover that image. Perhaps with time I can become more symmetrical, at least. These wear patterns were convenient for him.>

One of his vaguely deerlike ears has a thickly furred inside. The other has many fewer hairs, much shorter so that naked skin shows.