Nah. [ Ephemera leans back, grinning. He's feeling the alcohol now, but that's fine. The moment was complicated at the start, but it feels good just to talk to someone. To have a friend. ] You'd make a handsome damsel.
That sounds like quitter talk there. [ Ephemera has no idea where this is going, but he likes the lighter conversation, the change in tone. Not everything has to weigh them down. It can be fun. They can get drunk and talk and it can be good. ] You always had your hair long?
[ Ephemera tips his head to the side. He runs a hand through his own hair, wondering. It's growing in patchy, but he hasn't shaved it flat. ]
Used to buzz mine all the time. Rodriguez, he was the one who wore it long. Always in braids. Fuck the grooming standard and all that. Dunno. Maybe I'll grow it out.
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[ Ephemera tips his head back, searching for the right words. ]
Helping.
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[ Little does he know he means Ephemera's new roommate. ]
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I don't know. Feels good. It's something I can do, at least.
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Off the rails how?
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[ Another one of those future things. ]
Must be weird. Trying to figure out a new context for everything. At least I know what most of the tech around here does.
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Want me to punch someone?
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... but I appreciate the chivalry.
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Never been accused of chivalry before. That's a new one.
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[ Ephemera tips his head to the side. He runs a hand through his own hair, wondering. It's growing in patchy, but he hasn't shaved it flat. ]
Used to buzz mine all the time. Rodriguez, he was the one who wore it long. Always in braids. Fuck the grooming standard and all that. Dunno. Maybe I'll grow it out.
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I do know an excellent barber.
Take that with a grain of salt, as he's the only one I've ever been to, but I was pleased with the cut.
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That a name, or designation?
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[ He speaks English, ASL, a couple words of Spanish. Crow was the polyglot. Picked up new languages like they were nothing. ]
He does good work, though.
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It grows in funny, with the scars. Hell, why not?
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