"Hmmm, maybe!" What are the considerations.... "How does this work? Do we need paper underneath to avoid making a huge mess? Is it going to smear while it dries, depositing ink on Haru's poor couch?"

"You might want to do this in the kitchen, it'll be easier to clean up there."

"I was thinking bathroom, but kitchen works."

"Bathroom's also good but the light in the kitchen's better."

"Better lighting and a bit more space seem good! As for guiding logistics for hair stuff..." hmmm, she doesn't want to be weird about this but so far they've been pretty chill and this does seem like it could work, so "...we could take turns hugging each other's legs, with one of us sitting on a floor cushion and the other in a chair? It's not as much contact as cuddles, but we'd have good access to each other's hair."

"If you need me involved I can also be somewhere in there."

Oh she should have asked whooooops "For guiding, ink application, or both?"

"For guiding, I doubt I'd add anything to the ink application."

"An extra pair of hands wouldn't be useless. I can totally do it without, but like, expertise is not necessarily the limiting factor."

"Yeah, holding hair steady while it's being drawn on would probably be very helpful." Group activity group activity group activity!

"Can do."

“Well, you don’t draw on the hair, exactly.”

Step one is to tie her hair into seven discrete sections.

Cara will attempt to help, if this is desired! She's got nimble fingers, and this isn't the first time she's helped a friend with hairstuff.

She’s less worried about nimble fingers here and more concerned with having someone who can look at the back of her head without weird mirror arrangements check the sections for approximate size equality.

Well, luckily Cara can do that too! She sighs happily as she does. "Your hair is really nice to touch, did you know that?"

Hmm... She kinda wants to get Haru to touch Lucy's hair too but she doesn't want to embarrass Lucy, is there an obvious way to... hmm, she's not coming up with anything. Ah, well. 

“Thanks! I like it too.”

"And you made it yourself!" She finishes her part of the hair tying task.

Oh! That's an idea. "...actually, before we get to the next step, I think I need to use the bathroom... Haru, do you want to swap guiding positions and double check my work with your superior esper senses while I do?" 

"I think possibly aesthetic discernment and hairdressing experience is more the limiting factor than sensory acuity but I can hug Lucy while you're gone, yes." He assumes the position.

“I think you’re probably right.”

She's rolling her eyes so hard on her way to the bathroom. Hopeless! (But no, it's valid of Haru to not be interested in the hair stuff, and it's not like she minds getting more focused Lucytime. Quite the opposite, in fact!) 

Hug. "I don't know if anyone has done a study on whether they can precisely control their hair repigmentation with last-minute dye but it wouldn't astound me. If you want yours to stay white probably it will oblige."

“I do want it to stay white! It has been white all my life and I like it quite a lot. And it matches my mum, I can’t remember if I said or not but she’s got albinism too.”

"Are you going to want to call her or your brother this week?"

“—I’m going to blame my backlash for the fact that that hadn’t already occurred to me. Yes.”

"Backlash is like that."