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He'll learn his lesson when it leads him to a forehead full of breakouts from the natural oils.

And I say that as someone who acknowledges his own hair as fairly ridiculous, myself.

Your hair is both well cared for and deliberate. His is in die need of a trim; he's going to end up running into a damn wall.

I'm sure behavioral contingencies will lead him to the natural conclusion sooner or later.

You really do have an insatiable compulsion to fuss, don't you?

I'm not fussing. When have I ever fussed?

You just used the phrase "dire need of a trim" unironically.

[Okay, no, you know what, bugger this-- Fawkes get a blurry picture of a young man asleep on her couch.]

Does he or does he not need a trim?

...

He looks like Hiei.

The one from my hallucinomemories?

Good god, does he really? In what way?

The way his hair sticks up. Black and sort of vertical spikes — that's how Hiei had his, too.

Is it a mere resemblance, or do the faces match up?

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No, it's not the faces. And Hiei had...white in his hair, I think. Somehow.

Let me keep looking at it a bit. Maybe I can...

Take your time. Tell me if you need another photo.

[it's fine noctis is like her baby, it's fine, she's allowed to take pictures of him and then them to her boyfriend]

Tell me your thoughts-- you can call, if that's easier.

If I call, I'll only be distracted by the sound of your voice.

Then keep texting me. And when we're done, call me.

I will.

...I've been trying to practice. With the plants. I've started carrying a branch with me when I go anywhere so that there's always something I can...use.

How has it gone?

Has your appearance changed at all since that day?

Never permanently. But I've seen my hair start to look silver-white a few other times since.

You running into danger is what made it work the last time.

Is there any pattern to the other times it's turned white?

Danger and fear for me prompted you. I'd wager it'd do it again - it sounds almost like a defensive mechanism. A last resort for your body, when all the chips are down. Not something you can easily fake, but something that's still there regardless.

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I think you're right. It seems to be a sort of...stress response, of some variety. Tapping into something inside me, in a time of great need for it.

I'd suggest testing it, but even I tire of danger.

[. . .]

Though I wonder if you can trick yourself. One doesn't need to be in real danger in order to feel fear, after all, and if it's just the sudden rush of a flight or fight instinct that kicks it into gear, we can certain stimulate that.

I've been trying to reach it even without that. It's slow going, but it doesn't seem right somehow that I could only do it in peril.

I don't know why, it just...feels like more than that, somehow.

Gut feelings are good to follow in cases like these. It took Ardyn a fair amount of time to master his abilities, but he did it in part by following his instincts.

What about growing things? How has that been going?

I sometimes think I've seen the grass moving when I want it to, but it might be an optical illusion.

Why not start smaller?

I don't know what it would take to make a seed grow, but surely not more energy than making branches move.

A seed? I suppose it might be worth a shot...