>It's a fantasy world where bodies manifestly reflect inner states.
>Bodies transform before your very eyes to reflect thoughts, emotions, or appetites.
Hijab suddenly becomes viable wardrobe choice.
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Have a race like this in my homebrew setting(tm). I wanted to do something Native Outsider-y so I did some weird shit with em.
>They don't have mouths, but their faces move as though there should be one.
>Some paint one on so it isn't as offputting, but most just wear masks.
>Their overarching cultural structure denotes the mask-wearing habit as being cathartic and being liberated from "the horrors of true freedom"
>Their word for "mask" is the same as "lantern"
>Do not steal their masks. No really, don't.
>They "speak" in babble-talk that you would think is gibberish but everyone understands them just fine for some reason. Science is still out on how.
>Their bodies squash and stretch as part of their body language, almost cartoonishly so.
>The shape and colorization of their bodies also express a physical form of language that augments their "speech"
>When the audible races try to speak the language, many report them as being monotone.
So pic related?