That led him to wondering about the magenta stripe in her mane and tail—were they dyed, too? Even Lyra’s windblown look was multi-colored, but they might have been aspiring to a standard of beauty—to them—that didn’t come naturally. That maybe wasn’t so odd—he remembered that archaeologists had discovered containers of kohl eye makeup from the ancient Egyptians, and they probably weren’t the first humans to use makeup. And there had been a lot of beauty supplies in the bathing room at the hospital, and the white unicorn who brought his mended clothes was wearing eyeshadow and had permed hair. Really, it made a lot of sense that they’d spend a fair amount of time on personal beauty, especially since they didn’t wear clothing.