"Oh, I see." There's a little smile here. "That's very nice of you to offer to take the load off her shoulders, in that case."

She weighs whether to tell him why she's here, sitting by a closed off well and pretending to be mending torn bedsheets. Maybe it could earn her some sort of an ally? Perhaps two pairs of eyes seek better than one!

"I was actually snooping, if I'm honest," she admits. "It's odd that the wells are shuttered off, don't you think?"