[ Astronema does indeed just send it back to where it came from, raising an eyebrow. Any scent she's picked up is no worse than half of the monsters she's worked closely with. Different species throw off vastly different compounds, after all. ]

I doubt you'll have to pay to get clean here. Captors who hide their chains tend to try to appear benevolent, at least at first.

[ A shrug, and she's back to toying with the locket, absolutely unconsciously. Was that a deliberate inhale, there? ]

You seem fine to me. But I don't know what your species should smell like.