As the light spread, the man’s hands came into view, and Lori winced at the sight of them. Not only were there thumbs on each side of the hands, giving the player four altogether, but there were five fingers between those thumbs, curled and arthritic, and yet they strummed and plucked with ease. The palms and backsides of both hands were covered in fingernails that sprouted out of his coal-black flesh like horns.
