You can help me by sitting down and keeping me company for a while.

[He gestures to the empty seat next to him. His loneliness is no mystery to Minnie by this point, so why hide it?

... Also, spending time with her sounds like the best idea of all right now. For some reason.]

This is not the sort of cleaning spree whose aim is to prevent your thoughts from drifting towards misery, is it?

[It certainly doesn't look like it, but he'd rather make sure.]