[The first part just gets a little nod, because, well. Yeah! He's right. Gotta roll with those punches. He holds up his free hand at the second though, a gentle gesture of denial.]

I've hardly done anything at all. [HE TRIES SO HARD AND CAN ONLY COOK.] ...I recognize that these are things that one must often pick their way through without any help, though. All the same, if I can even make you a cup of tea when all's said and done, you need only say the word.