User blog comment:TheNewProtagonist/Episode 12: And now it allllll makes sense./@comment-101.103.191.79-20131004023447/@comment-17727644-20131004085109

As someone else has suggested, it's probably a inferiority complex. Do remember he said he wants to be the hero, not the damsel in distress. He sees accepting any type of help as being rescued. Sadly this is a situation where you leave your offer of help on the table and wait for them to be starved enough to snatch it up and start eating it.