[he pats her hand consolingly as she sets down a head of cabbage nearby him]
There, there, PM. You've been exceptionally hospitable. He must simply need more time to acclimate himself at his own pace.
Compounding the matter is the fact that we two must still seem like such strangers to him. We have considered him our friend for months now, but he has only known us for a few short hours, from his point of view.