Good to know you didn't have a blind tailor, then.

[From others this might sound flirtatious. From Pepper, it's delivered with simple poised friendliness as a statement of fact before moving on to other topics.]

If you think construction projects might be something to occupy your time between dinosaur hunts with, there's a young man called Armand here, another recent arrival, who's also been trying to find things to do with himself. Maybe the two of you could go into business.