"Yes." And then with a look out of the corner of his eye. "No. Not a joke."

He almost didn't clarify but maybe he felt a last minute effort to be polite to the poor sod and throw him a bone. Not talking much was his shtick but it could only get him so far in life when he needed other things done as well. Right now he was busy but there was no real reason to be...well, rude.

"And your name is?" he prompted as he finished up the digging on the first hole and sat back to judge whether its size was appropriate or not. He felt it was and left it alone, looking back to the man who'd asked for help digging it in the first place.