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[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨? 𝘞𝘦'𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴.

[ What it says on the tin obviously, Steve. ]

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What if it ends up looking really strange? No one has ever had anything to say about my eyebrows until now.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘺𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘺𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘺𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳.

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Yeah, no, I don't think I would ever be able to pull off blue.

Have you done this before, by the way? Tinted someone's eyebrows.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦! 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐'𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦?

[ Don't actually answer that question, Steve. ]

𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵! 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

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You did this at home? Just for the fun of it, or what prompted it?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘙𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭'𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.

[ That doesn't not answer his, "Just for the fun of it question" but it should suffice, right? ]

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And I remind you of this Raphael?

[theidlemaiden]

[ It had been her first thought when she had met him at Sam's Thanksgiving dinner a year ago. ]

𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦.

[assembles]

Huh. That's saying something, given my metabolism. He must really put it away.

[ Has he gotten her off the subject of eyebrow tinting... ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵!

[ An exaggeration. Sort of. And hey! He might have gotten her off the subject of - oh, nope. Never mind. ]

𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐? 𝘖𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴.

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[ Well, it had been worth a shot. ]

I don't know, Hilda. It's not really my thing, but if you're really set on trying it out on someone, I guess I do owe you for showing up to training every week.

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[theidlemaiden]

....𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵?!

[assembles]

Well, your reaction is making me reconsider...

[theidlemaiden]

[ Insert throat clearing noises here. ]

𝘐'𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦...𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥.

𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸!

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Look who's talking.

[ For the stubborn part, that is. ]

Believe it or not, I'm actually pretty used to having to try and adapt to new things.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵.

[ In other words: yes, she's incredibly stubborn. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵! 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵?

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Maybe we can discuss more after our next training session?

[ She will likely be more pushy in person, but for now, he's just going to settle for stalling. ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺! 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘖𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰.

[ Are you really going to break a girl's hopes and dreams, Steve? ]

[assembles]

[ She does seem pretty excited...

Maybe it won't be so bad. ]

All right, sounds good.