#phiclets

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Phil's defence is that he only does it when he dies in-game, leaving his hands with nothing else to do. Dan's counterargument is that Phil dies so often it basically amounts to him doing it through the entire video.

"And then by the end of it I look like a fucking woolly mammoth. Look - look at this." Dan tilts his head toward the camera, letting Phil glimpse through the monitor the riot he's made of the back of Dan's hair. Phil laughs unapologetically as Dan himself takes in the full scale of the damage, picking at unruly curls. "How - Phil."

"It's so fluffy! I just wanna - " Phil mimes harassing Dan's hair again, " - mess it all up."

"Well, don't." Dan lifts his own hand threateningly, ready to parry if Phil strikes again. "Keep your fucking hands to yourself. Do you know how long I spend every morning getting this shit under control?"

"Maybe you should straighten it again, that would help."

"How dare you." Again with the unapologetic laugh. Dan points at him. "Hands to yourself." Phil gives the camera a naughty look. "Phil."

"Alright, fine."

It is not fine. Dan has turned his eyes back to the screen for one second when he feels a little tickle at the nape of his neck. He throws a hand back over his shoulder to slap Phil away. "Phil!"

Phil falls away giggling and Dan goes after him, pushing him offscreen. Phil despairs, calling after the camera ("Nooooo-"). But Dan doesn't stop until he's been wheeled out of the room. There he leaves Phil, with not a hint of remorse on his grinning face.

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The video comes back from editing with a supercut of every instance of hair-touching included at the end. Twenty seconds of Dan's concentrated gaming face and Phil's lightly impassive spectating one, each clip showing Phil's hand absently playing with the back of Dan's hair and Dan telling him to stop. Phil does not stop. Phil also leaves the supercut in the final video.