"No doubt," he murmured as he pounded in the next set of fish bolts into the rail and attached supports and screwed them in together. "You spend a lot of time people watching, do you?"

That was smart if it was truth. An old shrewd part of him recognized the value, but Vander had always been an in-your-face type of guy and used social interaction for certain upper hands. To each their own. Everyone had their own tactics that worked.

"By design or because you don't feel it's not safe enough to sleep?"