Nathaniel smelt the liquid pointed out by Garrison and sneezed. They used this stuff to clean themselves? Nathaniel and the rest of his kind just trusted the hot mineral waters to remove dirt and insects from their bodies. He squirted a bit out on his hand and rubbed it over his skin, amazed at how much dirt came from his body. He found another that Garrison had said was for hair and rubbed it through his hair, careful not to get any on his ears.

When he had been soaped up and rinsed, he stepped out of the shower and shuddered at the cold air, jumped from hoof to hoof and looking up at Garrison. He was given a bit of cloth, which was warm and draped over him like a big blanket. "I dry myself with this?" he asked the taller man.