[It's a reasonable concern and not one he's going to argue with at the moment, but the cracked wall is definitely going to be kept in mind for later. But one thing at a time.]

Sure, yeah. Of course. I'm not doing anything useful right now anyway.

[Having something to do is a welcome distraction, no matter how bad he feels.]

I'll see if someone else wants to do a count too. Better to have more than one set of data.

[Considering, you know. That they're all a bit addled at the moment.]