The 37th Song

[tangledintower]

...Uh...

I'd like to forget that this weekend ever happened, if that's okay. What was I wearing...?

...I'm going to be hiding for the rest of time now, excuse me.

[PRIVATE TO EUGENE FLYNN//UNHACKABLE]

Eugene...um, Eugene, I was wondering if we could maybe talk?

I...wasn't very nice to you this weekend, and I want to apologize, but I want to do it in person, if that's okay...

Do you think you could come over? I have something I'd like to give you, too.

Comments

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

Hm...

[ Apollo doesn't have much experience with conversations. ]

...your hair's really long.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah, I guess it is...thank you...?

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

What, is that weird to talk about?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I'm just sort of used to it, I guess. So it's odd for me to think of it as being long when it's sort of always been like this.

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

So you just always had hair like that? What about when you were born?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess it wasn't this long when I was a baby.

It's just always been long. Not this specific length, just...long.

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

Oh. Do you ever step on it?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I used to step on it all the time when I was younger. It made Mother furious.

I don't do it anymore, but other people step on it...

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't you cut it?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I...I can't.

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

...why?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

[She shows the little strand of brown hair on the back of her head.]

...That happens when it's cut.

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

It...changes color?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

It's...not really normal hair.

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

Then what is it?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I sing, and it glows...and it has the ability to heal.

It's weird, I know, but it's always been like this. I cut it, it loses its ability and it turns brown...which is why I can't cut it.

I'm not really used to telling people about it, but people here seem to be different.

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

Your hair is magic?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is...

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

...not bad.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well, thank you!

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

Why can't you tell people?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Mother said that when I was a baby, people tried to take my hair for themselves...they cut it, which is why I've got that little brown bit.

A gift like this needs to be protected, and the world is filled with people who would try to take advantage of it...so I've never told anybody, and this was why Mother never let me leave the tower...

But I don't think she's right. People here aren't bad, and I feel like I've got to make my own decisions about who to trust with the knowledge of my hair.

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

Oh? Have you regretted that yet?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Not yet, no...I'm not telling everybody I know about it. But I feel like not telling people I like about it is like lying...

And I've got a gift. I'm going to use it to help people. I've started volunteering down at the hospital.

[heliolatrous.livejournal.com]

What if you use all your magic up?