[And he can't fix that, can't be the version of himself she's looking for -

So he just sits down in front of her, still as blazingly stubborn as he's ever been about helping people.]

I'm not. But that doesn't mean that I can just turn away from someone in pain.

[Not now, not when he's trying to be better, trying to climb that sometimes-painful mountain towards that best self.

He has questions. But they can wait until she's calmed down enough that she isn't sobbing everywhere.]

...If my being here is making it worse, I'll go. But I want to help, if you'll let me.