But working toward it is the solution. Even if you don't have it immediately. Even if you don't have much. Just because you can't do it all at once and there'll be setbacks and it'll take longer doesn't mean it doesn't count.

Is there--anything I can do to help with it? It might not be much within my field of expertise, but...if there's busywork to be done to speed it along, or something, I could be--

[Another set of eyes, he's about to say, and then...doesn't.]