[It does come out of left field, but Dirk is used to Dave dodging away before coming back to something. So he does answer, thinking it through.]

I was thinking that we should try to do it. I want to help you, but not so much that you can't take care of yourself either. So we could work together on it. Start with me nagging you about eating for a set number of meals, dragging you out or whatever. Then, when you feel ready to try for it, we could have it so you ask me to meals instead. We'll be relying on you to keep both of us fed. After that, we could have me check in on you to see if you've eaten meals we don't have together, so we're relying on you to take care of yourself but you still have me around to make sure you're doing okay, and to implicitly give you that permission. Then... maybe after a few months, you might not need it. But in times like this, when you have reasons to go back to how you were, I go back to checking in on you in case.

[Another pause. A frown.]

I don't know if that sounds idiotic because everything we do is idiotic, or if it's idiotic because it's a dumbass idea. I