[It makes him flinch, so the apology may not have been a bad idea. He looks down.]

I guess I'm hesitating because... maybe it isn't a good plan for you. Not yet. Maybe I'm not listening to the things you need.

I... [His legs curl in. He's frowning, pretty hard for him.] The thing is that there's a difference between you doing what you need to to get better, and you doing what you think you have to. It's the difference between setting a broken bone so that it heals right, and fighting on a broken bone because you refuse to let anyone else step in for the battle. What I'm worried about is you fighting on your broken bones and making them more damaged, and not setting them and wrapping them properly and resting them. Or even setting them wrong and breaking them worse later.