"Ha?"

"Oh, mayors on Amenta would be blues. With blue hair, or, if it didn't grow in blue and they didn't care to dye it, blue hats."

"Oh. Yes, that is very much her sense of humor. I think."

"I wonder if she has a Maelstrom power giving her - actual information - and if she does why it comes out so garbled."

"I think she does, and I have no idea why it's garbled."

"Is it ever useful?"

"She introduced two of my friends who are now married, she insisted one of the singers at the Elysium be offered singing lessons when she was two years old, and she loudly told everyone to never buy anything from a trader who turned out to be selling contaminated meat."

"...does she give similarly actionable recommendations that don't pan out?"

"She tried to convince someone to bring softer clothing the next they can by the market and they did even though it was the start of summer and almost no one was interested except for her? But that could have just been her wanting soft clothing."

"She does appear to favor it."

"Yeah - you should see the blue hat."

"Sure."

He actually has it in his bag from yesterday.

It might not actually seem ridiculously soft to Pelape considering it's made from animal fur dyed blue rather than synthetic material, but it is sort of ridiculously soft given that requirement, complete with big floppy ear coverings that are far longer and droopier than is actually required to cover anyone's ears.

She puts it on him to observe it modeled. "It makes you look sort of like a rabbit. But a blue rabbit, at least."

"I feel like this can't possibly be helpful for me to wear when I'm acting as the mayor."

"Not on this planet."

"I think I probably have a hard enough time convincing people to take me seriously without it."

"On this planet. ...I admit the style of hat would not be right for being taken seriously on Amenta either."

"It doesn't look intimidating to your Amentan sensibilities?" Laithan asks, wiggling his head a bit so the flaps wave around.

"I could see it on someone deliberately going for an offbeat approachable aesthetic."

"I feel like I can manage that without the hat."

Nod.

"...possibly I should go back to doing rounds before my afternoon meetings start."

"Possibly."

"...just this once it would probably be okay if we um."