Hair cuts

[for_everyone]

It's morning, bright and early.

Hera rubs the sleep from her eyes, still finishing up brewing the first of the day's cups of caf.

When, of course, a terrifyingly tangled horror emerges from his cabin, similarly sleepy.

"Um. Kanan?"

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[notallofus]

Kanan's thoughts right now are split between shaking off dream residue, and wondering if he can use the Force to speed up the caf brewing. He doesn't look up.

"Mmmm?"

[for_everyone]

"Do you -- "

How to put this delicately.

"Are you attempting to grow your own lekku?"

[notallofus]

Kanan's eyes open a little more at that, and he blearily gazes over to Hera. It takes him a few more second to process her comment, and without thinking, he lifts his hand and runs it through his hair.

"Are you trying to tell me something?"

[for_everyone]

"Yes, I definitely am."

She waves her hand at his head, expression just a little pained.

"Usually the bush on your head looks less like it might try to eat Chopper. Can you . . . fix that?"

Most days it's kind of cute, bleary-eyed Kanan and his gravity-defying hair. But now it's a little concerning.

[notallofus]

Kanan catches a lock between two of his fingers, pulling it over his face to get a better look.

"I guess I haven't cut it in a while."

[for_everyone]

She knows human hair isn't flesh, but it still sounds a little strange to talk about cutting so calmly.

"Maybe you should."

[notallofus]

"Yeah, well..."

He releases the lock, and then reaches back into his hair, attempting to smooth it down a little. This accomplishes nothing.

"Can I get some caf first?"

[for_everyone]

"If you're sure it won't get swallowed up by what's on your head."

She smiles a little as she says it, because his determined failure at fixing his hair is really endearing.

"It's just about done, anyway."

Hera will pour for him and for herself, because otherwise he'd just spill it and that would be too bad.

[notallofus]

"My hair is completely -"

He yawns before he can finish, and gives up trying to fix his hair, instead rubbing at his eyes. "- human normal."

[for_everyone]

Hera's mouth twitches, and she hides any hint of laughter by bringing her cup of caf up to her lips.

"I hope it doesn't hurt your feelings if I say I don't believe you."

[notallofus]

Kanan grabs his cup, before Hera can stop him, without spilling any thank you very much.

"Oh, I'm Hera, I know all about having hair."

[for_everyone]

"I know absolutely nothing about it," Hera admits, actually taking a sip of sweet, sweet caf, nectar of life. All right, bitter, bitter caf, but that's really the way she likes it.

"Which is why yours continues to horrify and amaze me."

[notallofus]

"I promise it can't hurt you."

Kanan takes a sip of his caf. "It's not like your lekku, I can't strangle anything with it."

[for_everyone]

"And now we're right back to me not believing you."

Some portions of his hair are bouncing a little as he talks. It's . . . a little mesmerizing.

[notallofus]

"All right -"

Kanan drinks down more of his caf. "Give me a vibroblade and I'll do it now."

[for_everyone]

That sounds comforting.

"Maybe we'll wait until you've finished your caf. I think you might hack off pieces of you that aren't hair, like this."

[notallofus]

Kanan returns to his caf, though with his free hand he resumes his attempts to flatten down his hair. It stubbornly bounces back each time.

[for_everyone]

Hera finishes her own caf, which takes longer than usual because drinking while trying not to laugh is challenging, dammit --

Then heads off to grab a vibroblade. She entirely believes that Kanan knows the best practices for hair-cutting.

[notallofus]

Kanan finishes his caf, watching her go. He sets aside his cup, and stops trying to flatten his hair, instead pulling it behind his head like he's preparing to tie it back. It definitely is getting longer.

"Maybe I should just cut it short."

But that's a lot more work, and he hasn't kept short since...

... it's been a while.

[for_everyone]

There's a slight widening of Hera's eyes as he says that, not least due to the weight of the silence afterward.

Then, voice just the slightest bit dry --

"Let's just start with getting it shorter, this time."

[notallofus]

"Yeah."

He keeps one hand on his hair, or at least as much of it as he can grab at once, and holds out the other for the vibroblade.

[for_everyone]

"Are you . . . "

She starts to hold the vibroblade out, then stops herself.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but are you sure you don't want any help with that?"

[notallofus]

"Wha -"

Beat. "You want to cut my hair?"

She's not talking about Chopper, right? That's his most pressing concern right now.

[for_everyone]

"You think I'm asking you to let Chopper do it?"

Please, Kanan. She's met both of you before.

[notallofus]

"Um."

His hands drop, though he quickly raises his right to run through his hair again.

"I wasn't going to let Chopper do it."