"Gotcha. Keep away from the animals." They're good animals, just a little lost! And very messy. He doesn't want to spread that around.

He nodded and saluted her briefly. "I'm on it."

And he indeed was...on it. He wouldn't be working miracles while she was out, but he did manage to set up a few freshly laundered bedsheets with the beds, mostly patch the windows, and fix the little tables so supplies could be spread on them. Things were at slightly off angles here and there, but...

"Anyway...here you go. Detective, not a carpenter."