[ he hovers for a moment before shrugging and sitting near enough to her to talk, arms resting on his knees and a glance towards dumpy who hovers over to the side. rhys is just glad the robot is keeping quiet for once. ]

I... can't say for certain. There's a kind of workshop open now though, could probably try and build something? An alarm? Or something. I'm pretty good with that kind of stuff, if you want some help. I don't know.

[ honestly, he really doesn't know what else to do but offer his skills. the ability to be nice about this kind of thing just isn't there for rhys otherwise. ]