[He laughs and they laugh, too, gently thumbing across a cheekbone that was still sharper than it should be.]
Being long isn't the problem! My hair used to be so long...
[It's still got that overgrown look to it, obviously, but Mili's hair can't really compare to Wist's. Even with their shapeshifting, it had taken years to reach a point where they were able to keep it that long without being a bother to anyone. Their parents had done their best to prepare them, no longer helping when they were old enough to wrestle with a comb or brush without making a mess of things in their struggle, and later on Poe had reluctantly helped when it got to be too much to handle.]
You don't need to cut it. Not if you don't want. [Mili smoothes some hair back, pausing at the first hint of a snag to undo it as painlessly as possible. In an ideal world, there'd be no more pain for him ever.] I can help.
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Being long isn't the problem! My hair used to be so long...
[It's still got that overgrown look to it, obviously, but Mili's hair can't really compare to Wist's. Even with their shapeshifting, it had taken years to reach a point where they were able to keep it that long without being a bother to anyone. Their parents had done their best to prepare them, no longer helping when they were old enough to wrestle with a comb or brush without making a mess of things in their struggle, and later on Poe had reluctantly helped when it got to be too much to handle.]
You don't need to cut it. Not if you don't want. [Mili smoothes some hair back, pausing at the first hint of a snag to undo it as painlessly as possible. In an ideal world, there'd be no more pain for him ever.] I can help.