[THE LAST THING HE WANTS IS SOMEONE WITH A GIANT FACE GASH FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE TO CONSOLE HIM so he's just laughing, light and airy, and waves his free hand.]

I know, I know! That's just the way fortune falls here. [A quiet, single beat in which the silence is - for a moment - almost pointed.] Some people are simply more well-equipped to help than others, you know?