Character: Birdy

His face was darker and younger, minus the exaggerated clown paint. Without the white foundation and blue kohl, his skin was the sepia shade of a photograph, like a good tan. Instead of white with a little blue heart, his lips were a rosy color that blended into his skin …

Character: Red

  Then suddenly, after his molting of adolescence, Red crossed over some invisible yet magical threshold and emerged the other end as a handsome man. It was as if some benevolent master sculptor had carved edges into those previously shapeless youthful cheeks and smoothed away the acne and worry. The …

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