I know he has no job. Look, he came to me. It's not code for "you're bothering me", it's code for "I want to see you work for my attention." He wants someone to put in the effort to care about talking to him before he'll waste his time with them. It's an admirable trait and relatively common in occupations low on trust, but I need your help to try to get through to him.

I'm not asking you to demand that he meet with me and he could leave at any time; I'm just asking if you'll ask and maybe encourage him.