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[wilder]

[There's a beat, then he decides to be melodramatic as usual]

Well it wasn't an easy decision. But...have you seen what they offer for hair care here? Next to nothing! Cheap shampoos and not even enough of it!

[He sighs]

I couldn't take it anymore. Watching my beloved hair grow all dull and split-ended? It was heartbreaking. I had to put it out of its misery.

[fujibayashi]

[Of course he's being melodramatic about it. Despite herself, she snorts in amusement.]

As long as you don't go crazy and start trying cut mine...

[Sheena's hair is so poofy. She's definitely got split ends.]

[wilder]

[He gives a snort]

Don't worry, I wouldn't even know what to cut. I don't think I've even seen it down before.

[A beat]

Does it come down?

[fujibayashi]

[For certain values of the word.]

Of course it does!

[She glances away and adjusts her ponytail, making sure the kanzashi are in place.]

It gets in the way of fighting, so I usually leave it up.

[She could've braided it and put it up like with that fancy dress she no longer has, but again, she lacks nice clothes at the moment.]

[wilder]

And I suppose you always have to be ready for a fight, hm?

[He's teasing lightly, but he'll let go now so they can actually go to the shuttle]

Don't worry, no haircut today. I always got my thrill out slicing my own hair off- very dramatically too!

[fujibayashi]

At home, yeah. And at Exsilium? Definitely. Here, I... don't know.

[She feels self-conscious about it now. Would he like it better down? Better yet, when did she start caring? Ah, well.]

Dramatically? ... Don't tell me you tried to use a dagger. You know that never works.

[wilder]

... Besides that one attack, it's been pretty peaceful.

[Wow Sheena don't worry he doesn't actually care- even if he kinda curious just how long her hair is. But whatever, he also doesn't know her real name! Just standard things not to know about your girlfriend]

Ahah- I wanted to try it at least once! [So yes. It was with a dagger] I had a professional cut it later!

[fujibayashi]

That's... something. [It's good, she thinks? But being fired on in space by people who just disappear is really not.

She gives him a flat look at that.]

I bet you started whining when you realized what an awful idea that was.

There's an old story in my village about a woman who braided her hair. She broke her foot during a fight, and she was alone, so she cut her hair off and used it to make a splint instead of rope.

It's strong stuff.

[wilder]

Maybe a little...

[Not much though!! But he raises an eyebrow]

...Huh. Are you saying I should've saved my braid?

[fujibayashi]

[She shrugs.]

I doubt you'll ever need to go to those lengths. If you break your leg and you can't heal it with your own magic, you could... I don't know, hover your way to the infirmary and then pretend you limped all the way there.

[She smiles teasingly.]

Or you could beg me to carry you.

[wilder]

...You'd carry me? ♥

[fujibayashi]

[She was expecting indignation but um. That doesn't happen. Now she's blushing. TEASING BACKFIRE.]

W-well, yeah, if I had to.

[TO THE TRASHCAN, MAYBE]

[wilder]

[Sorry Sheena, but if there's one thing Zelos is secure in, it's his masculinity.]

Aw! You really are my knight in shining armor!

[fujibayashi]

[She smacks him in the arm.]

I'm going to slap your mouth right off your face!

[Still doing that years later, apparently.]

[wilder]

- Ow!

You can't say that after you slapped me! And that's my arm, not my face!

[fujibayashi]

[She goes for the back of his head this time.]

Don't talk back!

[ARE THEY EVER GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE KITCHEN AT THIS RATE?]

[wilder]

[Winces and rubs the back of his head]

Ow! Sheena! I can't fly the shuttle off the ship if you give me a concussion!

[fujibayashi]

[Okay, he has a point. She huffs and crosses her arms, then settles down.]

And here I thought you couldn't get concussions with that hard head of yours.

[wilder]

[He gestures at her to go into the shuttle]

Ha ha. A concussion proof skull is not one of my abilities.

[muttered] I think.

[fujibayashi]

You don't seem very sure.

[She hops into the shuttle and takes a seat. He might notice her hand suspiciously close to his when he takes the other one.

Not that she'll make eye contact but HAND HOLDING, IT IS HAPPENING.]

[wilder]

[OH GODDESS HAND HOLDING IS HAPPENING. He'll glance at it briefly before looking away and not commenting on it. WHAT DO I DO???]

Ha- well it's not like my powers came with an instruction manual.

[Finding out some freaky shit about his powers has almost become a norm for him, so who the hell knows]

Speaking of, I've heard some people in the fleet get their powers weakened or taken away. Are yours okay?

[fujibayashi]

[YOU SHUT UP AND ACCEPT IT, THAT'S WHAT.]

I guess not. Even though the last summoner was thousands of years ago, we still had the rituals and stuff.

[She blinks.]

Oh, um-- I haven't tried summoning yet. I feel like that's a bad idea when we're on tiny ships in space. I still feel the connection, though, so I think it's fine.

They took my knives, though. They even stole the one I had in my shirt! That's totally uncalled for.

[wilder]

[FINE HE IS ACCEPTING HIS GIRLFRIEND HOLDING HIS HAND. GOSH.]

Yeah. Gotta admit, I'm impressed those survived so long.

[Like which line of librarians and monks had the foresight to do that? Generation after generation. Though that curiosity...falls a bit waylaid to her exclaim]

Wait. You kept a knife in your shirt? [Isn't THAT a little uncalled for?!]

[fujibayashi]

[Moreover, why didn't Mithos just have them all destroyed so no one could ever summon things and fuck up the balance?

We just don't know.]

... What? It's a good place to hide things!

[Wallets, cellphones, knives, apparently exspheres according to the manga bonus...]

[wilder]

[Forever a mystery]

Really? [He raises an eyebrow] So how much's stuff in there?

[Is the cup size he thought you were a lie.......]