Why not?

"Sure."

Janet grabbed the shampoo and squirted a generous portion into her palm. She rubbed her hands together and began to mechanically apply it to his head, her expression blank. Jake decided to pass the time with a conversation.

"So you're applying to law school, Janet?"

She continued to rhythmically massage his hair. "Yes. That may change now." She said it without a hint of anxiety or unhappiness.

"Hopefully not. I'm still optimistic that we can undo all of this."

She finished and pulled his head under the water, rinsing his hair. "I doubt it. It feels like something has permanently changed." Finishing with his hair, she picked up the sponge and rubbed some body wash into it. "I could be wrong, though."

He turned to face her. "And that doesn't bother you? I mean, I get that you're sort of out of it right now, but on some level that's got to be upsetting to you. What about your future?"

She carefully washed his face, chest, and arms. "That is upsetting to me. I just don't feel the emotions very much. When Sam's awake, it's upsetting to me because it's upsetting to her. She hasn't really thought much about it, though, so neither have I. That's why I don't think we can ever go back." She raised his arms and began scrubbing his torso. "I think Sam and I are different people now. She's part her and part you, and I'm part me and part whatever she is."

He thought about that as Janet soaped up his abdomen. "So you think you're different on some fundamental level from her? It's not just a sort of cascade?"

"I can't really know for sure since these are subjective experiences. It stands to reason, though. I think we'll need to experiment and research more to find out. Do you want me to pleasure you?"

The sudden and blunt offer caught Jake off guard. She was gently stroking his manhood with the soapy sponge. "Uh, no thanks. I'm still pretty worn out from before. Hey, you said something about research. What kind of research did you have in mind?"

She methodically washed below his belt, then crouched to wash his knees. Having her face-to-face with his cock again was giving him a semi. "Obviously there's no explicit record of something like this having happened before. We can Google it, but the fact that we've never heard of anything like it makes me think that's an unlikely solution." She reached down and began scrubbing his shins. "But that doesn't mean it's never happened. We can look through historical records for things like this. People who suddenly became extremely close or disorders and syndromes that mirror what's happening here."

Having finished, she smoothly stood to face Jake again. He thought about what she said as she dispassionately looked into his face. "I think that's a great idea, Janet. We should tackle this first thing tomorrow. In the meantime, though, I'm pretty wiped out."

She nodded and stepped out of the shower. As she began to methodically towel herself off, Jake eyed her nude body appreciatively. "It's so weird, you're like a hot robot."

She turned and, to Jake's surprise, winked. "I'm mostly numb, but not entirely. Let's go to bed."