"I'll stay here and I'll drink with you when you return." He doesn't drink all that often, but if needs be, he's willing. Whatever it is that he's not getting, Bashir suspects that it's a 'needs be' sort of situation.

"I don't know what's hurting you, and you don't have to tell me, but you're my friend and ...and I am not always good at this sort of thing." But he's trying?