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The thing you've wanted all along is to be Amenta? You sure about that? Okay.
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Hangovers and broken hearts aren't contagious at all, but colds are, toothaches can make people drool, LICE ARE SUPER YIKES, and fights can result in infections that should be treated straightaway! They don't have any prescriptions more than "rest" and "clean bandages" and "maybe yank the tooth" and "STAY IN THE BATH WITH A SNORKEL TILL THE LICE DROWN" that they're sure of with humans - can you safely yank a tooth from a human? - but they will apply these.

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The first person they suggest this lice remedy to looks as though he's just been ordered to choose between moving to Calado and dying childless.

"My lord of course has great wisdom from the stars but I have never heard of such a thing before and I wonder if perhaps it reflects a way in which things are different in Tapa."

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"If you don't want to stay in the bath that long I can tell them that you're volunteering to try antiparasitic sprays. Or you could shave off all your hair, that would probably also do it. I'm sure the oranges can think of more exotic options too. But you can't mix with the other workers while you have lice."

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"I can shave. I'll shave. It's fine." He doesn't quite sound as though it's actually fine.

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"You don't want to have lice, do you??"

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"What? No, I - I understand that my lord is from far away and is not making rash assumptions about us, even good ones, and that is very wise of my lord but no, of course not - normally we comb them out, it just takes a long time. It's only that, um, normally you don't, you know, shave... people. Just slaves."

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"...well, you can also comb them out, if that will get them all. Just stop having lice, I really don't care how."

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"Do you want me back when I'm done for the day or after I don't find any?"

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"When you can't find any lice or nits report to medical and they'll double-check you and clear you to go back to work."

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He seems skeptical of that but he can do it, anyway. It transpires that he doesn't have a comb fine enough to reliably catch nits, though he at least briefly also doesn't have any adult lice.

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Medical has spray options or shaving him or 3D printing a finer comb, what's his pick?

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A finer comb would be great, will it cost him anything?

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No?? The idea is that if he doesn't have lice he won't spread them.

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Then he'd love a finer comb!

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They print one and give it to him.

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He's very pleased with it!

And anyone who doesn't think to ask and find out that they're free can live in fear of bargaining with the fair folk and borrow it off him.

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It's not actually a secret among the fair folk so anyone who shows up with lice will be promptly issued one now that they know that this is the solution that goes over well culturally.

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Their combs get pretty popular. Some people who do not currently have lice would like them too, actually.

Combing works... some. Someone eventually offers to try the sprays if the Amentans will agree that if it kills or cripples him the rest of Sesat will be warned and the rest of the workers here will get a bonus to compensate for their bereavement.

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Yes, absolutely, though they think it's really unlikely to kill him, he might get a rash or have his hair fall out or something but it'd be really unlikely to actually kill him on contact. Spritz spritz!

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He is pleasantly surprised to discover that he isn't dissolving or anything. He informs everyone that he isn't dead. Yet.

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Hopefully they can now spray more people and stop constantly fretting about lice on everyone and get back to work??

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Some of the people are willing to be sprayed and then get back to work.

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Oh good.

Dorms! Dining hall! Offices! Company store! A playground for the kids! And the mine itself, and processing facilities!

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No catastrophes happen immediately.

Some locals ask a couple of the purples they've managed to interest in board games if they'd like to attend a party for Sky's Night.

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What's Sky's Night and how is it celebrated?

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