Then that's his problem, not mine; if he asks for help, you can all find a way to help him. If he hasn't asked, then there's nothing any of us can do about it, is there?

[ He knows that that's a cut-and-dry argument, and he knows that it sounds dismissive, but he has to have an objective otherwise: this isn't what he was summoned for, he assumes.

Not that he doesn't care, but in his heart of hearts, he has a feeling that they're all trying to wrestle into a spot that they're not meant to touch without some sort of acknowledgement from the affected party. ]

If you can't chew it, don't bite it. Or only bite it if you're gonna have the guts to chew, later.