"With all those fancy degrees," he says, but you never have to ask him twice to lend a hand. He sets down his coffee and slowly gets up to hunt down what Rodney is looking for. Most people think he's dumb, but he doesn't mind. It only helps him to be underestimated most of the time. Maybe Rodney would know a thing or two about people like that. "I thought I'd be in the way. Just ask, next time."

He hands the tools to the other man smoothly and waits for his next set of orders while he works his jaw and considers that seriously.

"Couldn't sleep. You were up." And he wasn't a hostile so the rest is (more or less) history.