Were Lucy privileged to to his thought process, she would tell him he was clearly thinking about this too much. It wasn't a matter of whether or not a grown man should be doing it, it was a matter of getting it done! By making his presence known, he had clearly invited himself to be part of the process. That was how it worked. If you didn't want to be involved, you kept your mouth shut and moved on.
Of course, getting this done was probably going to be a bit more difficult now that she knew neither of them had any experience building ships.
"There are more options than the Navy." Her tongue stuck out of the corner of her mouth as she carefully speared two fries together and lodged them into the sculpture.
"And you don't have to get in the water to build ships."