"Yes," Bene answers primly, "this is why it takes so long, and why it's so shiny and silky, though yours would only smell as nice if we washed it too.

...but that would take too long, to do properly."

He's being quite careful about not ripping the comb through knots, because tearing it would remove any chance of salvaging what's there.

"You could have lovely hair, if you'd only care for it."