Kurogane stared up, eyes following up the 'rope' up to the man himself. He'd noticed of course that his hair appeared to be longer than it was in the dream, but he hadn't really thought much of it. So what?

Apparently it was much much longer though.

He pulled his hand back from the other man's hair and looked to the bottle instead. Considering it a moment, he decided to open it and threw back a deep drink from the bottle.