"Well it started for budget reasons, same as poor folks who use dish detergent to scrub their bodies down," Erin says thoughtfully. "Which, for the record, also works but it's deeply fucking unpleasant. But then it turned out to be really good, so what started as a habit of frugality continued as loyalty to a good product. 's kinda cute honestly."

Speaking of, Erin identifies some shampoo by scent and starts in on that part after getting Helena's hair wet.

"There's lotsa things like that, some long forgotten, others much-changed, and a few juuuust right. Hell, corned beef started out to save money on not dying in a fuckin' famine and now look at where it's gone in the world."