[It's going about as well as Haise might've expected, but it doesn't mean he's going to stop trying. Sieglinde is strong-willed, which is both a strength of hers and something anyone of differing opinion will inevitably end up grappling with. Considering the sorts of things that he's faced, and all she's done for him, he isn't about to give up quite that easily]

I think you know already. [Still, if she wants to hear it-] But just after enlisting help, it looks like you've mired yourself in work again, after losing someone I know you care about. In times like that...there's a benefit to having others around. If you push yourself aside enough times, it adds up, and one day, even work won't be enough to make you forget.

[Sieglinde's itch wasn't wrong, but at least Haise can speak of this matter from experience and not theory. He's spent so long denying his feelings to himself, more than anyone else, tamping them down and ignoring them and imagining something better. Now that he's had his time away from the stresses of his own reality, he can see it more clearly]

Maybe...maybe I can't help you with your work. But I can be there, and I know that working with a clear mind is better than doing so with a troubled one.