Field Trip

"Thank you," I said as I pulled all of my hair forward and let it hang down my front in two columns. If we couldn't have a decent talk until he had studied my hair, I might as well get this over and done with fast. "But we call it hair."

 

"Do you have… hair… on any other part of your body?" he asked, curious. His gaze turned to my clothes as if he was trying to see where else I could possibly be hiding it.

 

"Careful, that is an incredibly personal question," I said sharply, trying to hide my blush.

 

"And you change color. Absolutely fascinating," he mused as he leaned forward in his captain's chair.

 

"It's called a blush," interjected Jun Li, and I could hear the smirk in his voice. I was going to find his cord and unplug him; I swear to God.