were he other than he is
Percy was up at the Mansion the other day, bringing a delivery, and he managed to get caught in a certain crackplot. And when Cimorene sees her husband upon his return, he may not be exactly as she remembers.
He's wearing jeans, true, that he found in the house, and is in the process of trying to find a shirt, but he looks younger, younger and stronger and harder-muscled, and the hundreds of old tiny scars he has ordinarily are fresher than before, and some of them are missing. His hair is longer, and he looks uncertain and a little wild around the eyes. There is blood seeping heavily through the right leg of his jeans.
He's not sure why he came here. Something about it seemed faraway familiar, as if he knew the path, but it's not the house that he lost a few hours ago.
He's wearing jeans, true, that he found in the house, and is in the process of trying to find a shirt, but he looks younger, younger and stronger and harder-muscled, and the hundreds of old tiny scars he has ordinarily are fresher than before, and some of them are missing. His hair is longer, and he looks uncertain and a little wild around the eyes. There is blood seeping heavily through the right leg of his jeans.
He's not sure why he came here. Something about it seemed faraway familiar, as if he knew the path, but it's not the house that he lost a few hours ago.