Why couldn't he be cute and dumb? Max thought, hesitating before answering him with an honest shrug. "No. I don't particularly need anything other than to pass the time. I could help or I could watch. Either sounds  refreshing." he let that sit for a while before turning to look out over the property.  "He really has let the garden go.  Celia would have his ass if she were still around, though she never lived in this house."