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[nowthatsfunny]

[There are a lot of things Tess could talk about, if she was inclined. Bad things, mostly. The kinds of things that keep her awake at night, and plague her with nightmares when she does manage to sleep. Things from back home, things from the bottle, things that are really Ellie's to tell and not hers at all.

Death and loss and violence, and more death.

But fuck that. She's got something way more important to talk about. Like her hair.]

I found a gray hair today. [She twists her face into an approximation of disgust.] Can you believe that? So now I'm wondering if I should just dye it. [She tugs on a lock of her mousy brown hair - shinier and healthier than it was when she first showed up, that's for damn sure, but otherwise not particularly notable.]

But I don't remember the first thing about it. Anybody got tips for me? Or is it a shitty idea and I should forget it?

Comments

[denyamenti]

More of a hobby, to pass the time.

[nowthatsfunny]

I don't know, sounds pretty boring. Have you devised some kind of test or something?

[denyamenti]

I haven't, but now you've got me thinking about one.

[nowthatsfunny]

It might be good to outline your criteria for competence. I mean, it seems pretty subjective to me.

[denyamenti]

I might as well handhold them to the finish, if that were the case.

[nowthatsfunny]

But how will people know they're even running a race?

[denyamenti]

And now you've reached the understanding as to why I am so entertained by it.

[nowthatsfunny]

Because people don't know you're silently judging them for everything they do?

Okay then.

[denyamenti]

All right then, what would you tell them?

[nowthatsfunny]

Probably nothing because I'm not interested in whether other people are stupid or not unless it directly affects me.

[denyamenti]

Very well. I'll leave you to your own amusements then.