He was thinking that, but he decided to err on the side of not wanting to rile Rita up and keep his mouth shut about it. Instead he just gave a small, wry laugh.

"If you actually did find one, that would mean they'd be part of the crew."

Though that being said...

"Which may not be too bad of an idea. Havin' a cabin boy doin' all the dirty work to help ease up on the load."

In other words, so he would have less work to do.