"Abe. It's a pleasure to meet you." He gave her a slight bow, reluctant to touch her hand. The illusion would hold up under stage lights, but against bare skin she'd feel the reality.

At least she was wearing adequate clothing. He found it hard to know where to look with so much bare flesh around him, and having Mary to focus on made him less flustered. Behind the mask blood was rising to his cheeks. Of course Hellboy had little in the way of body shame and Liz was frequently unclothed in areas of their living quarters that Abe later visited but they were practically brother and sister to him. That was different.