[He debates with himself if he should help her or just go to one of the other rooms she's talking about. He's no expert chef, but it's not like it's that hard to make a cake, right? Oh, why the hell not.]

Do you need any help with that?

[He wonders if he's going to regret asking that.]

Well, I'll find them later. Do you think you could tell me what rooms to AVOID?

[Call him coward, but he's still not in peak physical condition--going into a hostile room probably wouldn't be the wisest course of action.]