[ Technically she could be dead.. Duo had never bothered to look up who or what he'd been test-tubed for after all. There was no giving birth naturally in space, and Duo hadn't really wanted to know why he'd been grown to be turned out, so it was only natural to just... not look it up at all. Still, he isn't insulted. There's still a jovial smirk on his face as he shrugs. ]

I'll letcha know if I ever bother to start lookin', how's that?

[ I assure you, Yusuke, you don't really wanna know about Duo's life before. I might remind you of Hiei's mellow story of woe. Just with a cooler man character so far as he's concerned. ]

Nah. Once in an orphanage they tried to cut it but I cussed the nun until she braided it. And instead I just kept it that way. [ A shrug. He was a stubborn little bastard, always. ] It's not gotten me caught in any hairy situations, though, and I've been in a lot of 'em. Not to say no one's ever been dumb enough to grab my hair to try and keep me in place, 'cause they have but.

It didn't end well for 'em.