His grin is automatic something learned from years of doing it every time a subject came up. It's not as strong as his usual smiles but hard to read unless one knew what was behind it. "It was the only place they had for me. It wasn't too bad." He follows the rope around to the stake diagonal from it. Aligning it takes a little checking.

He glances up over the top of the tent, twice as he shifts the rope a little to the left and right. "And yeah I was a small kid! Then I shot up around sixteen or so? I dunno just one point I was among the taller people in classes. I definitely wasn't the tallest."

He kneels down ties off the rope but flashes a cheeky grin. "Go ahead and hammer down the stakes with the rope tied to them. I'll finish up with the other two."