Kate tried not to wince, at that. "Okay," she said, nodding. "Sounds... Smart."

She dropped her bag on the floor by the desk, finally, and the knife got set down on the desk itself. It looked more than a little wrong and grotesque, just lying there next to her plushies and the pictures of her family, but.... Whatever. She'd deal with it later.

"So, I should probably go grab you some clean clothes." She glanced down at herself. "And, yeah. I need a shower and new clothes too."