I would really like to see an option to offer him something other than what he requests. I picked up an item which he commented about being able to use but at that point he didn't actually need it. I held on to it for him since I wasn't going to use it, waiting for the dialogue to give it to him. Later on I picked up another item which I definitely could use. Of course the next dialogue I get with him about needing stuff he asks for that one. There was no way to give him the item he commented about earlier.