Her response made Ray relax. He grinned and chuckled again, nodding. "Fair enough. I'll take acceptance where I can get it. Sounds like you came from a pretty interesting life, yourself," he pointed out.
Finishing up the section he'd been working on, Ray moved on to the next, handing her another palm branch. They were making good time, he thought. They'd finished two in less than the time it had taken him to do one without the extra set of hands.