Finally, he stood up.
With a strange posture due to a shifted center of gravity, he stood rigidly in front of [Mask].
His head lifted upwards, cervical vertebrae making a cracking sound as two dark eye sockets stared fixedly at [Mask].
The massive hole in his chest remained open, empty inside.
His skin had completely lost moisture and elasticity, turning a dark brown like withered tree bark, tightly clinging to a jagged skeleton with deep wrinkles.
The blood vessels and fascia within had long shriveled and collapsed, unable to yield a drop of blood.
The area that once housed eyes now only had two pale spheres, like glass marbles soaked too long, embedded in the sockets.
Cracked lips slightly parted, revealing gums shrunken to a black-brown and a few yellowing remaining teeth.
A strand of viscous black liquid slowly dripped from the corner of the mouth, falling into the cavity in the chest.
The tall old man "came alive" in a manner that completely desecrated the laws of life.
