[REASSURING IS RIGHT but it's not like he doesn't understand. They are unfortunately in the same boat of bad coping mechanisms... Drinking, being manic with figuring things out instead of sleeping, and keeping themselves glued together through sheer bullheadedness alone.]

Mm, no need to thank me! [HE HATES THANKS.] Just as long as you know there are people who will be here when the collapse does come. Every push forward meets an end eventually, after all!

[THAT. THAT WAS MORE OMINOUS THAN HE INTENDED he's trying to be reassuring, really.]