"Pink tail and blue streak," Caleb echoed, taking a deep breath and-- woof. That stuff was potent. Now he was too busy wrinkling his nose to let himself freak out too much over what Emily was doing to his hair. "Okay, that makes sense. The bleaching thing, I mean."

He glanced at her from the corner of his eye.

"... Why does it burn?"

Were they putting something corrosive on his head?