To me it always came off as a "don't look to me for help; you're asking nicely but its something you brought on yourself" I like his tone in it. "Anastasia might've cried all night; I couldn't say myself." He's talking about a girl, likely mocking her emotions and admitting he had nothing to do with it. Same with "Now how it all went down, only Pilate knows. All I ever asked of him is when the bars would close" Just because the narrator's associated with a person doesn't mean he has to know all about their lives.
It's kind of like someone blaming him for something, and he's swearing innocence through disinvolvement.
To me it always came off as a "don't look to me for help; you're asking nicely but its something you brought on yourself" I like his tone in it. "Anastasia might've cried all night; I couldn't say myself." He's talking about a girl, likely mocking her emotions and admitting he had nothing to do with it. Same with "Now how it all went down, only Pilate knows. All I ever asked of him is when the bars would close" Just because the narrator's associated with a person doesn't mean he has to know all about their lives. It's kind of like someone blaming him for something, and he's swearing innocence through disinvolvement.