"Hm?" It took him a moment to realize she was probably taking his (relative) silence as a negative reaction. "S'fine, Vaultie. Can't help much with the gardenin'. But I could keep some livestock. Tend some horses. Keep a barn in one piece."

Now they were approaching uncomfortable territory, for both of them, really. He weren't sure she were ready to hear the down and dirty bits about Vault-Tec, and her daddy, just yet. "You could say that, I s'pose."