[Simple question, yes. Simple answer, not so much. Trying to wrangle his thoughts into something that makes sense and that sounds like himself isn't so clear-cut right now. What he really wants to say is--]

I'm not sure. That this is strange, I guess.

[With a vague nonsense gesture of his hand in front of them. Something he has been contemplating this whole encounter that seems both unimportant and monumental.]

But I also want to say thank you. For saying those "stupid" things to me. I think I needed to hear them.

[More than being strange, it feels comfortable, and so he doesn't delve into it further. Simply makes himself comfy along his side, which conveys just as much as his words.]

I still have time to figure out the rest. "It's okay not to be sure right away," right?

[That sounds a little more like himself, he thinks.]