[ The panic is obvious, and he doesn’t push as a result. His excitement does relax, but it’s just to a comfortable, cool neutral. ]

Yeah, no worries. [ It really isn’t, since he accepts it easily. ] But if you ever feel like sharin’, I’ll listen. Believe it or not, I’m a scribe and a poet, so I like a story. Even a long one.

[ …And he feels his role is to be a listening ear for people to unburden their troubles. That’s more what’s at play here, but it’s more causal to just let it be a case of storytelling. ]