"I suppose that makes sense. Still probably better that one of you sees the alien than that one of them sees someone sneaking in."

"Clean castes come in here sometimes."

"Social workers?" she guesses.

"Deliveries. Cops. Eccentric photographers. Social workers. The problem'd be if you came out without going through the shower."

"Eccentric photographer would work more easily, I think, I'm posing as a green."

"You really shouldn't be here."

She sighs. "So the best way to do right by you is leaving?"

"I - you - you don't belong here, if anyone finds out -"

She touches her hair. "Finds what out, I'm just a red."

Daza looks despairing. "The decontamination exit is that way. White door."

Her hand drops back to her side. "Never mind that, then, no pretending I'm red. But I think it's pretty clear I don't know enough about anything here that my own ideas will be very good. If you tell me that just doing whatever Governor Avalor thinks is best is, in fact, best, then I will, but—if it's not then it'd be a very good idea if I had more of a clue. I have an email address," she adds hopefully.

"We have email addresses too. Email is safer. The white door, over there."

She sighs and gives him her email address.

They stare at her.

"—I'll just go, then, I guess."

She goes.

There are clear printed shower instructions and measured ridiculous dispensations of soap.

And if she recalls correctly it takes a long time, right?

Hours.

Ughhhh.

Fine. She can go through this. Ugh.

There are several separate shower chambers. She is supposed to put her clothes through a separate automated cleaning process. There are many kinds of soap, although they all smell nice. (They do fry her hair, or try.)

They can keep on trying.

And finally the last timer dings and she is allowed to leave the last chamber and collect her clothes.

Finally. This was awful.

Her hair's just fine (and green), though. Out she goes and makes her way back to the hotel.

"Whoa," a purple comments as she emerges, "your hair looks great, how do you do that?"

"It's a wig, I actually just shaved bald to not have to go through the hassle."