"You'll figure it out, in time. Just don't rush yourself." There was no need for her to, so why bother? Particularly in this place. There was no time pressures to worry about. There was nothing that needed to be done, except their largely meaningless jobs, where it didn't even matter if they showed up or not.
So he was content to just sit here with her. Or it was more laying here, in her case, and let the time pass.