"That's fair." There's an element of risk to his healing anyway - no sense in making it worse.

He takes the sali's hand in both of his, looks up at them for a moment, and focuses on his magic, reaching out to connect their life to his-

The rebuff against his magic isn't sharp so much as it is very sudden and very firm - a bit like walking straight into a wall. Given the way things are here, he can't say he wasn't expecting something like this. He doesn't have to worry about breaking the connection, as there was never one to begin with, and he releases their hand. "It's not going to work." He has no idea what that felt like on their end, if anything - it's never happened to him before - but even though he might be telling them something they already know, it's worth making sure.