Ziggy paused and smiled. "The intimacy, closeness, and meaning is."

He trailed off while staring into the water for a moment. "I don't like soaking in water or using soap. They make my skin itchy and dry. I took after my mother and have skin for a waterless desert."

They'd never really talked about the small limitations of being Anthean in a human culture. The day to day things humans did but he didn't want or bothered him in some way.