When it came down to it, Sho naturally preferred to think that there were colonies of Borrowers everywhere. While it might have been something of a fanciful idea, it would certainly have helped to provide humans like him an explanation of why exactly sometimes things just went missing.<br/><br/>Oftentimes, when they did, he would spend a great deal of time looking for them, only to ultimately find them once he stopped.<br/><br/>Perhaps that was the work of the Borrowers. It would have seemed to suggest that there might have been more Borrowers in other areas than merely this one, and that should have been very positive news from Arrietty's point of view to say the least.<br/><br/>Irrespective of this, he soon focused on the task at hand, or more accurately the here and now at least.<br/><br/>Over time he had come to know Arrietty fairly well, but he hadn't really had much of an opportunity to show himself to her. Some of that might have been the fact that he didn't think very much about himself when she had first met him. Indeed, she had been the reason that he came to think about himself in a more positive light.<br/><br/>"Still, I can at least think that I could offer you thanks. Nevertheless, I doubt there is much you could do with the cow. I will be with you in a moment. Please come and speak to me while I do my work here."<br/><br/>As Sho had thought, the cow was not giving birth just yet. The miracle of life would have to wait. What happened was vascular congestion in the blood vessels present in the utter caused by the need for being milked, as he had expected.<br/><br/>Due to the fact that he had learned to be very kind and gentle when doing this coupled with the fact that he known precisely how to do it, he would soon have had a bucket of milk full and a cow who was not only grateful for the assistance, but also very ready to go back to sleep.<br/><br/>While the display might very well have been impressive to some, Sho wouldn't have thought of it as much as of yet. Since he had gotten used to work on the farm, this had just seemed to him like a perfectly normal task that didn't need much focus. Rather, it was just something that he had needed to do and he didn't think too much attention should have been placed on that.<br/><br/>Eventually he just allowed himself to face her for a time, and he offered her a smile.<br/><br/>"Would you like some of the milk? Maybe I could get you a container to take it back in."<br/><br/>Sho then took a seat so that he could give himself some time to recharge before he continued some chores out here, like he had planned. He figured that would have had been best for his heart.<br/><br/>Of course, had she wanted to ask him anything, then now would have been the time to do so for sure.