"No, no, I don't mind the questions. My mother would buy fabric when we went through towns. Really it wasn't that different than what the leggings I wear here are made of -- a little thicker, if anything. As for heat, well. Trolls are nocturnal, and the desert is cooler when it's dark. It's only since living here that I've adjusted to being awake during the day and sleeping at night."

And how weird is that, to realize that he's so well-integrated that he's even adopted a human internal clock? It used to be hard to stay awake during the day, a trial to get to sleep at night. Now it's just a normal part of his schedule that he takes for granted.