"Well, the way I see it, we can do two things. You can tell me about the dream, an' I can try my best therapist impression. Or, we can go out an' try and find an old movie on TV, to bore you back to sleep." He didn't want to make her talk about it- one of the benefits of his strange heritage, he just sort of knew what troubled her. But he figured it might help if she decided to talk. So he'd leave it up to her.