[So Luke is lead around by the hand, wondering idly what those comments (and that look) means. He's not completely clueless, he can guess, but by the same token, he doesn't like to assume. She can decide for herself what it means.]

I hope not. I just got used to sleeping on beds without sand in the sheets. [He's happy to meet her hurried pace, springing along onto the boardwalk, toward the hotel district.] Do you think we could get a room with a shower?

[Showers are the best.]