"You'll feel more like a human being after you shower, is all," Frank said, with a tone of personal experience as much as anything else. Sometimes, just the warmth of it was enough. Sometimes, it was good to go through the whole process of bathing. He could go and pick her up something if she asked for it. Otherwise, she was stuck with his rather generic things.

He glanced at her, and raised an eyebrow gently. "No, you won't. But you don't know me, and I don't want to assume you want me close."