"What is it? What are you looking at?" he queried.
Beatrice replied tearfully, "Do you remember how that young chap did his younger sister's hair?"
His wife's words threw him for a loop.
What hair? Kristoff had been too busy hunting for a bandana for Kurt's hair to pay attention to his female companion.
"What hair? I wasn't paying attention"
Beatrice gazed at the comb in her hands and sobbed, "She wore a Faire Coiffure.Our darling Pearl used to wear her hair like that all the time"
Pearl Calyette was none other than Kurt's mother.
Along with her sister, Ruby, the Calyette sisters were nicknamed the Jewels of Elysium thanks to their striking beauty.
They were both strong-armed into the palace later on.
Before becoming a member of Elysium royalty, Pearl's favorite pastime was embroidery.
Faire Coiffure was an intricate updo that Pearl had invented using only a single embroidered ribbon.
Back then, all the women in the Elysium tribe had fallen over themselves trying to recreate the updo.
However, none had ever come close to imitating the intricacy of Pearl's art.
Beatrice was thus dumbfounded when Kurt successfully combed Vivian's hair into a proper Faire Coiffure.
Her eyes widened in realization as she continued staring at the comb, and her chest began to heave.
Meanwhile, Kurt was leading Vivian toward the core zone of the tribe.
His gaze ahead grew alert as he suddenly asked Vivian, "Have your brothers contacted you?"
Vivian jolted in realization before rummaging for the earring she had kept with her old clothes.
She wailed, "I didn't know you'd ask me to change.This earring will be too obvious with my outfit.What should we do about the earpiece? How should I wear it?"
Vivian felt lost again.
Feeling resigned, Kurt took the earring from Vivian and removed the bead containing the earpiece.He then attached the bead to the silver earring Vivian was now wearing, which used to belong to his mother.
"There” he uttered.
Vivian praised his quick thinking, "You're a genius Kurt!"
She followed it up with a bright smile.
Kurt merely replied, "You should get in touch with your brothers."
"Okay."
Vivian focused her attention back on the task at hand and activated the earpiece.She asked, "Matt, lan, where are you? Kurt and I have arrived in Elysium and changed into their local costumes"
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