With a laugh, he soon rolled his eyes and focused on her once more. It seemed like she was going to be quite a card in the end, which he of course didn't mind. While he might have seemed pretty serious at first, her liveliness was going to ultimately be fine for him. It might very well have helped to spruce things up a bit.<br/><br/>A second wry look from him accompanied her comment regarding a bit of a feminine touch. She was right about how much potential the place would have had if it were taken care of, however.<br/><br/>Eventually he turned back and focused on the space-motor as well. He was still holding his tools from before, which may have been helpful in the end. Nevertheless, it seemed like she was going to town on it. That might have meant that he should have taken his hands off for the time being.<br/><br/>"No, no one else helped me with it, but if there are a bunch of cheap fixes there was someone who clearly worked on it before. I'm not sure who that might have been. You see this came in from a pretty sketchy client to say the least. Was there something else strange about it?"<br/><br/>Soon enough he was tilting his head in a rather fish-like fashion that would have suggested that a number of his mannerisms had indeed come from the ancient aquatic species that his people were descended from.<br/><br/>"The individual who owns the ship was actually paying in discrete credits as opposed to an account transfer, which made me think that something was up. Still, I'm not supposed to ask questions. I'm only supposed to provide parts and technical assistance. I'm not actually supposed to do anything else."<br/><br/>Frowning a bit, he looked toward the other individual and carefully shook his head.