[Not the answer he would've expected out of himself, either.]

I want to help him, if only because I've stood in the exact same spot he has. I even had the same worries he had about bein' seen only as money, Louie can tell you that.

But on the other side o' the coin, I also know what pushing him would do. An' no matter what, none of us are from his reality. I don't know how much we say even gets in. He seems absolutely deadset on staying in his retirement exile.

[He put a hand to his head, rubbing his fingers in.]

I cannae think very clearly right now.

[Which isn't helping.]