[...I would pay to see that. :x Allen, on the other hand, is half-convinced the mayor will then send an army after them.]

Neither are quite his style. Some kind of establishment [ the 'expensive' part goes unsaid ], perhaps, where he can [ a bit of a sigh: ] come and go as he pleases.

[Accepts the scissors and... Can't help but look, though he manages not to stare openly. He has never seen Lavi with his eyepatch off, and the sight is oddly jarring.]

[ remembering himself soon enough: ] Might. We don't know for sure. I'm not opposed to finding out, but let's not do it this way.

[He reaches to comb Lavi's bangs out, gloved thumb lingering very briefly over his right eyebrow.]

Is it...? [ tapers off, a little surprised at himself for asking ]