Freshen up?" asked Aragorn. He was a human ranger and was therefore not familiar with that term. In general, humans had a much higher tolerance for uncleanness than Elves; on a long journey, the concept of taking a bath before dinner was quite foreign to the Man. Besides, the river was half an hour's walk away; even if he took a bath, by the time he got back to camp, he would be dirty and sweaty again from the exercise. Because of that philosophy, Aragorn tended to be a little negligent of his personal hygiene during his journeys through the wild. Okay, that was an understatement; he had yet to have a bath since he left for Rivendell four days ago.