"I figured," Kate said as she poured shampoo into the palm of her hand. "Had to be something like that."

Without all the ash on him, she would've thought he'd already been crying. And that would've been understandable too.

"Watch out, I'm gonna shampoo your hair."

She'd probably boggle at herself later for how she was acting, but right now she felt this was clearly what she had to be doing.