It's not that he desperately wants to stay - he has no need for her in this moment that he can see, doesn't know if she's a useful connection to make or not - or that he necessarily thinks he could make her feel better regardless of what he tried. He'd leave if she indicated that's what she wanted. Contact would be good enough for now.
But he's curious, and his search for a way out is turning up a bunch of dead ends anyway. He prefers to stay for at least a while longer.]
Sebastian Michaelis. [And he adds, gently:] Circumstances aside, it's my pleasure to make your acquaintance.