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[fe_male]

You are still. Good job. [ He completely condescendingly pats the top of her head and then more or less immediately moves his hands to start cutting her hair so she can't actually retaliate. Not that he thought she was going to, but still. A bit of levity, a bit of normality here in the moment, helps get them to the next, and then the one after that, &c. ]

I feel like we need to be gossiping about someone's baby-daddy. Isn't that what happens in salons?

[motherofnemesis]

Asshole. [ Still tired but fond and amused. He's right, the little moment of normalcy is a nice relief, a change from everything else. It makes things seem easier, like they do stand a chance of eventually making their way entirely back to normal. Bit by bit, and she stays still except to keep idly running her hands over herself, making sure that she's washed off the dirt. ]

I don't really know. Is someone pregnant that we know? [ Considering the small circle of people they know it seems unlikely, but hey. ] I think you're also allowed to gossip about, like. [ Uhhh what are you allowed to gossip about. ] Celebrities?

[fe_male]

Yeah, we probably are allowed to gossip about celebrities, but we already talk about me all the time, I was trying to inject a little variety into things. But hey, we can talk about me if you want to, sure.

[ Straight lines, right? He figures if he tries for something mostly straight, then at least he can claim either success or intentional failure depending on how it goes. Or maybe she just wants something chopped looking, or layered. In truth, he actually has very steady hands, very good fine motor control - it's really just that hair hates to stay still for some reason. It always seems to curve off somewhere and surprise you after you've already swept. ]

[motherofnemesis]

You realize you're not the only celebrity in the universe, right? What if I actually want to hear about how, uh. [ Wait she needs a celebrity's name. Shit. ] How Angelia Jolie's been doing while I was gone.

[ Success! And she genuinely just doesn't care what her hair looks like at the end of this, so long as a significant portion of it's gone. At least back to the length it was before she was taken. ] I won't say no to hearing more about you, though.

[fe_male]

I'm here, and you'd rather talk about Angelina Jolie? [ Snip, cut. ] Yeah, okay, I'd rather talk about Angelina too. I think she's been fine, but I haven't seen her personally for a while now.

[motherofnemesis]

Well. Not necessarily rather, but I figure you'll be slightly more honest about her. [ She's just saying. How much have you already been lying to her about how okay you are, Tony, huh? ] Little busy giving JARVIS expanded rein?

[ But you know, she thinks she can make him be honest eventually. ]

[fe_male]

[ Wow way to crash all that nice buoyancy they had floating around here. He's quiet for just half a moment, subtly chastised, but unwilling to admit defeat just yet. ] JARVIS typically has free rein. I just encouraged him to use it productively instead of obsessively googling me all day. [ Shrug. He pauses cutting her hair first to do that, just to be clear. ] I had him google you for a few days instead.

[motherofnemesis]

[ The buoyancy was nice and she might want it back soon but also she's tired and she's worried about him and concealing things takes a lot more effort than she actually has in her right now. ] Yeah? What's out there on me?