And then they find a tailor, and Maitimo asks if some clothes can be tailored for Kib, and Kib is shown a bewildering variety of styles of extremely elaborate robes.

"For riding! This is the wrong place to get you riding clothes, but we will also get you riding clothes."

"I'm just worried that if I try to walk around in robes they'll trip me, I'm not used to them."

"I should ask my father to make you jewelry for grace so you don't have to constantly sing about it. But it will take him a long time, magic jewelry is slow."

"Maybe I should just make a walking chair golem or something. Wouldn't need wheel-friendly terrain. Golems are also slow, though."

"You needn't go around in robes; it is not as if people won't already have noticed that you're not one of the Eldar."

"Yep. Too short. What've we got in the pants department?"

"More the hair, really - short you could just pass off as not yet fully grown. I have never seen anyone with hair like yours. Pants will be down this street a way."

"I did notice everybody has their hair really long."

"It would be very rare for the Eldar to cut it. We care about it a lot."

"Humans keep their hair all kinds of lengths. In a lot of cultures it's a gender marker, short hair's masculine."

"Some hairstyles communicate gender but there are none that would involve cutting off almost all your hair."

"Are people going to be horrified if I'm still here in a few months and want a haircut? ...Am I going to have to learn how to give myself haircuts?"

He looks extremely amused for some reason. "I am sure no one would be rude enough to object to you cutting your hair, but they also definitely will not cut it for you. Is haircutting a professional occupation where you're from?"

"Yeah, we can't see the backs of our heads, it'd be hard to get it all even."

"I suppose that makes sense. Among the Eldar touching hair is intimate, so people wouldn't cut it for you."

"Grand. Man, and a haircutting golem would have to be really complicated."

"Why is that?"

"To make a walking chair I just have to make it able to move and respond to obstacles, probably also hear so I can snap my fingers to call it over. It'd still be a pain in the neck to program, but straightforward. One that could cut hair would have to be able to see, handle scissors without stabbing me in the neck, and tell whether my hair looked right and take actions to neaten it up where it didn't. Without going overboard and leaving me completely bald or something. If for some reason I decide I've got to have a golem that can cut hair I might as well go the whole hog and make one that can talk intelligibly, the works."

"That sounds like a very very complicated project. With the magic known to us it would take many Ages; I assume yours is faster, but still. You could also probably just find a discreet haircutter, if it's that important."

"Eh, I can probably just set up mirrors and cut it myself. But I could do a talking humanoid golem in, what, fifteen, twenty of my years? I'm pretty good at golems."

"...wow. That is very, very impressive. Are talking humanoid golems common, where you're from?"

"No, because they take fifteen, twenty years, longer if you're not very good at golems, that's a long time to a human, and you can just get a barber to cut your hair! But they're a thing, I've seen some."

"I am very disappointed that it doesn't seem we can learn your magic." They get Kib fitted for pants. People in the streets keep offering Kib jewelry.