If yours is the only authority in this matter I must speak to, all the better. There are nuances here I am not at liberty to discuss but I understand him better than most.

[ The details of that are also something he does not wish to discuss. ]

Without coercion or intimidation. I offered, he accepted. He fled shortly thereafter and skipped our arranged meeting the next day where I might inspect his back and speak with him but I know what I saw. It worked. It helped him for the short while he permitted himself to accept it.