[wow i give you an opening to angst and you turn it back upon me instead...suffer then]

...Taair, that's real kind of you. But... [He bites into his lip, thinking.] If it's not something you've got a great supply of, maybe hold onto it a while? I'm getting by, and I'll get better. But after what happened, I don't know that we're all gonna be in one piece for long. There might be something worse around the corner.