[Well the other half of his ship beat him to the grave so he's probably cursed to survive till endgame now. That's usually how this works, isn't it?]

I am...managing well enough. [At least he's stopped trying to lie and say he's fine? That's gotta count for something, even if "managing" doesn't really tell the whole story.] But, no I do not need anything. Much the opposite, actually. I came here make sure that you are faring well. This last trial seemed to hit you harder than all the others before it.

[You actually stopped using nicknames, it was weird.]