Blinking at the squee then nodding and smiling at Apple Blooms agreeing to help him out, Darrus casted his gaze towards the kitchen, him wondering what had managed to occupy the mare within so suddenly. He guessed somepony had made a mess or some such. Anyway, regardless of the reason, her distraction was proving to be a good opportunity for him to get some details about her from a good source, him following along behind the filly as she hurried outside and led him away. Clubhouse, huh? Must be for that Crusaders group she was a part of, he assumed as he listened to the energetic little pony sing the whole way, it being a nice way to quicken the trip, although he felt he was probably going to be stuck humming the chorus for the rest of the day, him already feeling it start to tickle his brain as he made his way up the ramp leading to the clubhouse.

"Nice place." He complimented, entering and taking a seat before nodding at Apple Bloom's question as she began to give him the information he was after, Darrus payed close attention and commuted what he heard to memory as well as he was able. Baking, hm? Well, while Darrus enjoyed playing around in a kitchen with the intent of creating sweet treats, he'd never been all that great at it, his lack of a kitchen, or house for that matter, crippling his potential for practicing. Still, maybe he could try and give it a shot again sometime? It was, in his opinion, fun after all, and he'd probably enjoy having Applejack teach him a few things about baking should she be willing.

Her liking dogs was a given as he'd already guessed that from how shed had her own accompanying her when they met, and Darrus had no issues with those kinds of pets himself, so there was no problem there. "Heh, okay." He said with some amusement at the filly's warning of making sure he kept "dogs" and "baking" separate. Apples, of course... Money, again, of course, as he, along with most, did so enjoy the weight of a heavy bit pouch. Haggling, something he was sort of experienced in himself as he usually needed to work out trades and deals for whatever he needed as he went from place to place. Racing? Oh, even better, she was competitive? Sweet! Darrus loved to show off and challenge others to friendly competition, him actually hoping to have done so earlier that day with that first mare he'd met back in town, the fact that he hadn't had the chance having left him with a kind of eagerness to find somepony else willing to compete in something. Maybe that's why he'd wanted to go bowling with Lamplight? Eh, maybe.

Rodeos. Well, that was something Darrus knew pretty much nothing about, which of course made it one of the best things for him to try and explore for this seeing how satisfying his curiosity of what went into it could easily lead to asking AJ, the mare who was more of an expert, for help understanding it. And her Stetson. Darrus liked that Stetson too. Or maybe he just liked how it looked on her when she wore it? Either way, to him, that hat was a good thing.  And, finally, Apple Bloom mentioned how AJ enjoyed helping others who needed it, something Darrus again probably should have guessed from her willingness to provide room and board to, when put bluntly, a homeless pony hoping to prove himself on the farm.

"Baking, dogs, apples, money, haggling, racing, competitions, rodeos, her Stetson, and helping ponies who need it." He listed off, repeating it a second time to himself to make sure he remembered. "I miss anything? As for what else I what to know... Hmm.. well... Since I know what she likes now, I should probably learn about what she doesn't like too so I know what to avoid. So, what kind of stuff does she dislike or hate?"