[He's still for a moment, considering this. He hasn't known anyone this nice since the kid. Unlike anyone, she actually... freely invited him to something, then sat him down and heard him out. But he doesn't want to wreck this.]

That sounds like too much trouble for you to handle, sister. I'm done wrecking young girl's lives, okay? I just need my stump and my bricks. That's all I've ever deserved - I mean needed, in the past.