I really don’t know, but I didn’t get the sense that the storage was his focus. That seemed like an after thought. If I were to venture a guess aka mind read, I’d say it was more to do with him trying to assuage his guilt in a very misguided way by leaving them here, letting me continue to use them, etc. Obviously I could be wrong. I think he was taken by surprise and just reacted oddly.
He also commented AGAIN on how thin I am which continues to be super weird.