Ear's the thing...

Patrick noticed that she didn't have an ear, just a fleshy hole where an ear should have been. It looked like the ear had collapsed into the side of her head, perhaps if she sneezed hard enough it would unfurl from the hole like some kind of obscene flower. He soon began to wonder what it would feel like to run his tongue along the edges. "Patrick," she said, "you don't have to scream. I can hear you."