[he looks up... He looks over at Prisma when she says this]

Maybe... But they'll start screaming and attacking if you try to avoid doing any work too. [now that Prisma's brought it up... Tycoon had been too flustered to really look around]

Here- [he passes here a small, partly built prop] -If you want to look around without them putting more work on you, maybe if you act like you're helping me...

[if Prisma keeps coming back Tycoon, who is working on props, maybe the silhouettes won't foist more work on her. It's hard to search for things when you're a doormat getting hounded to help out. Fighting is a last resort? Or maybe Tycoon is just too non-confrontational]