There was a crooked little smile, likely due both to the insistence on his birthday present being a surprise and also the thought that she could ever consider a job together 'boring'.

Sure, he did a lot of sitting and watching, but that's what he was good at, and he didn't mind it, if anything he liked it better than the groundwork. Not that he minded getting his hands dirty now and again, "Present company excluded." He finally opened one eye again, smile spreading, "You've got a standing exclusion from any sweeping generalization I make."