"So..." Charlie said, trying to make conversation that might distract her. He picked up a strand of her hair, noticing how the torchlight of the cave brought out the warmer tones. He remembered Penny the just-graduated-teenager with curly hair, but mostly he'd seen her with straight or moderately wavy hair lately. It wasn't a topic Charlie would normally pursue, beauty routines, but he was searching for something platonic to talk about with a goblin in the front seat. "Do you do something to your hair?"