The laugh he makes is more of a breath than a sound. "Well, I'd say you're right on both of those counts."

He glances down at his hands. "It's, ah, a lovely offer, but I'm afraid that it wouldn't feel earned if I can't muster it up myself. And the thing about that is that I'm already quite sad as part of my usual. I worry that..." glancing up, "I just... I don't know if being more sad is going to help me very much at this point."

This is a statement that is going to stand unexamined, yes.