Later, Mr. B asks Bob about Estelle. She isn't his type, so obviously he barely even remembers her.
Mr. B tries to go back to work and get the lovely Estelle out of his head. Hey, we've got just the thing: how about thinking about the world's senseless suffering?
That does the trick. Mr. B wants to help people, but the thing is that, once you start helping people, other things tend to go wrong. It's the whole butterfly effect thing.
As usual, Mr. B's mind turns to thoughts of whales. He promises himself that he won't leave Earth until he saves them.