[ Qubit shakes his head quickly. He's none too fond of being pitied or coddled himself. ]

No, I know. I'm not trying to. If you want to talk about it, we can - I'm just saying, we don't have to right now. I'd be just as happy segueing that into, say, the time I nearly ended up married to a gastropod. It's up to you.

[ There's a lot to unpack here, yeah, but you don't have to unpack it all at once. You can draw your own boundaries and go at your own pace. - is what someone with a better emotional vocabulary would say. ]