She hated weapons? Uh oh... Suddenly Darrus was very glad she hadn't managed to catch s glimpse of the two weapons he carried for self defense and to show off his talent when he'd been carrying that crate of apples. Maybe... Maybe since she still didn't seek to have learned of them, he could take them off and keep them hidden up in the barn once he's settled in? He wasn't comfortable with leaving them anywhere that wasn't nearby enough for him to keep an eye on, so he didn't like the idea of finding somewhere any further away to store them. But... would not telling her about them be considered lying about having them? After all, the mare was apparently one of those Element bearers he'd been hearing about this last year, and not only that but she was the bearer of the element of honesty. But, then he'd be admitting to having been carrying concealed weapons... while alone with her little sister away from their house... already it seemed she was showing a fair amount of trust with this alone seeing how they'd just met. Would coming clean about it be better than hiding it and hoping they wouldn't be discovered later?

Anyway, putting that issue towards the back if his mind for the moment as Apple Bloom continued, Darrus scratched off the next item without much real surprise, having guessed AJ wasn't really the 'girly' type from how shed behaved already. Cheating shouldn't be a problem, but... boasting... oooh, that was, as evident from his earlier behavior, going to be the real problem since Darrus was a pretty confident pony who enjoyed playing up his accomplishments or building himself up before accomplishing. That, along with the flirting, would be difficult to keep a bit more restrained... "Well, I'm not very lazy when I have a goal, and she does seem like the capable sort who wouldn't really want somepony holding doors open for her..." He mumbled to himself over the final two items before being caught slightly off guard by the filly's own question, not having been expecting to be called out on this so soon. Kids sure did like to cut to the point...

"W-I-uh..." He stuttured for a moment in response to the direct question, him clearing his throat and trying to recover by straightening out his posture some, "well, sure I like her, it would be a bad idea for me to work for somepony I didn't like, but since she's going to sort of be my boss I just wanted to learn about her so I can have a better chance at winning her hea- or, uh, making sure she won't fire me when I ask her ou- I mean! ..." He paused, clearly having some difficulty in playing this off as, just like with his earlier near eyebrow waggle and stuck mind, he for some odd reason found this more difficult than usual today. "Um... Completely unrelated question to what we were talking about, she, uh, wouldnt happen to have her eyes set on anypony around town, would she? Specifically any stallions...?" It was painfully obvious that this was one hundred percent related to what they'd been talking about, but darn it if he was going to admit it!