"Then no, I haven't been here long," he said even though he didn't feel the statement. He'd been here a few months, a few months too many.
"It's a bit hard to interrupt my work considering that my job is upkeep on the boats. If they aren't being used there's nothing to repair." He spoke the simple truth. "If you'd like to think a bit longer I could prepare one for you to take out for a little while."