He huffed and puffed, lifted a palm to his face and mimed patting away sweat. The act continued into various other displays of (mostly) the same. Then he grabs hold of the other’s hands and presses them together with his own and squeezes, donning a sincere expression;

“I don’t know how much I can do for you, but I can find you a bucket to hide under in case anyone saw you and decided to call the police. Feel free to decline my offer. I’m not very sure about the bucket.”