[X] If he wants your help, he's got it. You'll back him up with emotional appeal while he uses logic.
He wants our help. Simple as that. And while damming the torpedoes and going full speed towards HAM-LAND is very tempting, our bro doesn't need that. We can save it for the shovel talk later.
As for the thing about bonding, allow me to throw a guess. It's basically a deep soul bond that will allow both of them to become powerful together, and it will be rather intimate because of course it is. Theres the 69 coming (Heh.) into play.