Why are hair particle endpoints inhibited from getting close the the emitting object? So my issue is that I'm unable to get these hair particle endpoints to sit flush with the object they're emitting from.  There seems to be a forcefield limiting how close they can get to the surface.  How do I fix this :0?

Thanks for your time.
With your hair  selected go to particle edit mode and in your brush settings there is something called "Deflect Emitter".  Choose the distance you want or disable it for free editing, with no force field.