"It's not like we don't have time," Malcolm agreed brightly, giving him a big smile.

A project to work on together, as well, was not unwelcome...

He picked through a few more items on the rack and sighed.

"These are all lumberjack size," he lamented. "I'm... going to go check the women's section for anything suitably unisex," he said with a bit of a wince as he headed over.