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Hey, it's Pidge. Can't answer right now-- Rover quit it! --so leave a message and I'll get back to you when I can.
Rover, what did I say--?!?!

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[She raises an eyebrow at that suggestion, even as she carefully files that little tidbit away for future consideration.] ...I think I'll wait until we can engineer some scissors.

[That shouldn't be hard, right?]

[Pidge then groans in frustration, wiping a hand down her face as if that might magically help them out.] That's not the same. And we don't even know if these painkillers are made out of the same stuff we're used to. We could be exacerbating the problem!

[shiro2hero]

They have to have scissors... they cut their hair here, don't they?

[When were scissors invented anyways? Maybe they could just meet a friendly Scyther.]

[Shiro has to freeze at what he's doing when Pidge moves.] Easy -

How would a different painkiller make things worse? Genuine question.

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[Pidge's brow furrows for a second. She needs to check her mental database, please hold.]

...They should have scissors here, then. [And then she promptly puts one hand out, palm facing upward as if asking for the tool in question.] Give.

[But at least she's obediently going back to staying still, closing her eyes with a sigh.]

I'm about 80% sure that because our bodies aren't used to being on the diet that the locals here are on, ingesting something without knowing what exactly is in it could have adverse effects on us. On the other hand, everything here is organically made and nothing is processed, which ideally should be fine long term. We just have no real way of knowing with a minimal margin of error.

[shiro2hero]

... Pidge, I don't ... have any on hand.

[Unless you want him to try and use his robot hand and the brush. That's what he has right now. What do you want him to do with that.]

[But when she goes still, he goes back to work. There - that's one tangle down.] This is why I don't wear my hair longer...

[And then silence, while he listens.]

So we could be at risk of getting sick from what we're eating here? Or - when we get back?

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[Her hand drops back down into her lap, and Pidge is absolutely not pouting. She just needs caffeine. Stat.]

This is why I wasn't sure if I should let it grow back out. [It's been too long. She traded any hair care knowledge she had for more useful things. Like fighting Galra and raising Pokémon.] ..But Lance wanted to see it, so...

[Lance. Him and her stupid soft spot for him.]

Well, I mean... Like I said, I'm only 80% sure. There's always the possibility that whatever power brought us all back in time in the first place has made it so we won't get sick from just existing.

[shiro2hero]

Is it always this bad? When it's long? [Another moment of pause, brushing. Detangling with his fingers.] Maybe my memory's gone - [Har har.] But I don't remember hearing about you having hair trouble...

[On the subject of Lance:] You know he'd understand if you needed to cut it again.

Well, it hasn't done much for our coffee need. So... I'm not sure if I want to trust it that much.