[When Ken approaches him, he looks rather distracted by overseeing the construction. It was loud, after all, so he doesn't quite hear Ken's footsteps at first. But his eyes do trail over to Ken with a soft smile, as he hears his voice before his footsteps first. Simply shaking his head, before turning his gaze.]

You already help Kotone with her tasks on the farm... I could not ask for you to help in the construction of the hot springs as well. That is a rather hard task.

[That was nice of him to offer though.]

Did you need something, my boy?