"If it's any consolation, I was injured severely around that age too. A fire ripped through my village and I was 'lucky' to have survived it." A bitterness comes into his voice when he gets to the word 'lucky', but he quickly takes an almost silent breath to calm himself. "Masks are very helpful to keep away the questions you don't want to answer."

Mantis lets out a huff of breathy laughter. He tries to see into Matt's thoughts this time, just on the surface. "I can't think of any kind of career or hobby where flames would be safe, let alone for someone who can't see them. But if it's pure cotton..." There's the slightest clicking sound from behind the mask as he looks around. "I can see some other black shirts scattered across the way. What kind of style do you need them to be?"