Which was why Chris had to do all the communicating via phone, since Fai's voice was nothing like as attractive and masculine as Mr Smith's, and his powers did nothing over the phone. He listened to the muffled sound of her talking, feeling as if he was just about ready to drift off to sleep, but he wanted to at least have dinner with his head screwed on. So after a short while, he set about to wash his hair and get himself presentable, and was out of the bath and toweling his hair moderately dry when dinner finally arrived.