Mark nodded to Rachel's question and got up to see what was cooking. Scott looked at him "You understood her?" he asked, impressed at his friend's apparent abilities. Mark chuckled. "No, not really, but it was evident she was wanting to leave by her body language."<br/><br/>Scott said nothing, but thought he would need to ask Mark some pet tips later. Setting the table, he walked over to Rachel to bring her to the table. Remembering at the last minute how she reacted to a simple pat on the head, he tapped her shoulder and pointed to the table to try and tell her dinner was ready. When they were all seated, Rachel in a sort of long legged chair reminiscent of a bar stool with a back on it, He asked Mark a question.<br/><br/>"What happened to the boy you owned?" he asked his friend as he ate. Mark stopped eating for a moment. "I... don't think you want to know..." he said, a dark expression covering his face. Scott knew not to press the matter further, and instead looked to see if Rachel was enjoying her dinner. Then he voiced another concern. "She really needs a bath... and a change of clothes would be a good idea, but where am I going to find human sized clothes?"<br/><br/>He finished his meal and went into the bathroom. realizing he would drown her in a bath normally big enough for him, he opted to use the shower head to bathe her. Then he remembered the sentence his friend had said: "wherever these 'humans' come from, they don't think of themselves as inferior."<br/><br/>He stopped moving. She was definitely not going to be able to turn the dials in the shower, but she was a female and that meant she would NOT let him wash her. He started to sweat. He had fur, so his version of hot was definitely not the same as hers. He finally just brought her to the shower (despite her squirming and clawing at him) and pointed to the shower knobs, turning the hot on and off, then the same with the cold. following up with shrugging to convey he didn't know how she liked her showers and needed some way to do this without actually staying and embarrassing her while she showered.<br/><br/>"We have got to bridge this communication gap." he muttered as he waited for a response.