[McCrane nods, listening carefully to the description. He is pretty sure he hasn't seen anything like that, so far, but he's only covered a fraction of the Junk Pile.]

...?

[Oh, the hands.]

It is mostly cosmetic, I think.

Cosmetic, and a bit painful. If this were a fight, I wouldn't notice, but...

This is not a fight. There is nothing we have to do here except find gasoline, or die.

[He's pretty sure you're still in a worse boat, though.]

Are you doing any better?