Not sure what you're looking for us to shine the light on.
MLCer's are confusion incarnate, most won't make decisions until they absolutely have to and usually postpone stuff for a long time. What you'll need to do is keep going on, not asking him about all this stuff, but letting him do this on his own.
"I made the wall of shadow draw back, beyond desire and act, I walked on.
Oh flesh, my own flesh, woman whom I loved and lost, I summon you in the moist hour, I raise my song to you."
