As she ties her shirt, he realizes that he ought to do better, and he gestures that if she wants it, he'll give her his shirt while they walk back to the boarding house. If she's comfortable as is, they can stay there and he'll likely return to chopping wood.

"Work, mostly. I have a forge and I like to tinker, a little." More than a little. "Read or sketch if I'm waiting on something to cool."

"Failing that - " Chopping wood.

"And yourself?"