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[She was kind of hoping Ahiru hadn't noticed the weirdness, which is why she hasn't said anything yet, but... apparently she should have.]

Yeah, duckling, things have been kinda weird.

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[All things considered, though, she seems to take it in stride.]

It'll probably sort itself out on its own in a few days.

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[Oh, sweet optimism.]

I hope so. We should probably be careful until then, though, yeah? I'm not sure if everyone's experiencing this or just a few of us, and we probably don't want the natives to think we're losing it.

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[that's what it did in her last world, clearly everything is going to be the same!!]

Yeah, that's probably a good idea.

[A smile.]

But you know what this means for us, Steph?

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I have a feeling you're going to tell me.

[She sounds a little bit suspicious, but good naturedly.]

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We can eat as much cake as we want and we won't gain any weight!

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[And that just - makes her laugh.

Ahiru pls]

We can eat as much cake as we want any day! Who cares if we get fat.

[Not that Steph has ever needed to worry about that, really.]

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[A laugh in return.]

I do! I mean, I care if I do, it's not any of my business what you do.

I wonder if we could find any ice cream here...

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[She keeps laughing, huffing a breath that almost sounds like pfft before the ice cream thing distracts her.]

I could always make some, I think I know how to do that.

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[the actual most excited and awed gasp]

You do? Really?

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I'm sure there's a way to do it with salt and ice, and we've got plenty of the latter.

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Let's try it! It can be an adventure.

[making ice cream is totally an adventure]

What else should we do while time is still like this, do you think?

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Nothing too dangerous, we don't know when it might end.

[So they should still be careful. But in the interest of not dwelling on how terrified she is by all this:]

I'm gonna cut my hair short.

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Oh, I bet it'll look good on you! Will that mean all the purple is gone, though?

perma the thing

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Probably, depends how short I'd cut it, but I can live with that.

[If she's stuck with the haircut, she means.]

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We could do it together! It could be fun.

[but only once ok she doesn't want to risk it that much!!]

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Are you sure you're up for it?

[Ahiru's hair is so pretty though.]

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M-Maybe just once so it'll most likely just go back to normal!

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[That gets a huff of a laugh.]

Sounds good. And we won't do anything too drastic, just in case.

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How short are you going to cut yours?

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Probably to about my jawline, that's as short as I can manage without needing an extra pair of hands.

[And no offence duckling but she isn't sure she wants to give you scissors and let you near her hair.]

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...Oh! I didn't know you knew how to cut hair, Steph. That's really impressive.

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Me and my friends couldn't really afford trips to the hair dresser, so we just taught each other.

a million years later

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That's so cool.

[And then a gasp of realization!]

Could - do you think you could teach me?

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I could, yeah. [Which isn't the same as letting Ahiru cut her hair, since it'll be supervised.] Maybe Dick'll let us practice on him.