"Huh. It's a good thing you're not much of a fighter. If I had that much hair, it would get me killed." It's not a complaint or a judgment, just an observation.

The question is certainly a fair one. It's not like the nonsensical haphazard way he usually wears his hair would suggest he knows how to do anything fancier with it. "One of my childhood friends, Ingrid. She always had long hair when she was younger, almost as long as yours, and she always wore it in braids. My brother and I, and our other friends, all learned from her."