"Hard to keep from remembering things when your brain isn't being scrambled every few days," the Soldier points out, and it's tone is very nearly dry. Actual inflection can at least sometimes be a thing. "And I have people here who make me ask for things and want me to look at them. Those same people who ask me if I'm okay." Bringing this whole accidental conversational branch back to the point, there.

It's just going to leave the name bit alone. It would have to want a name in order to get past that particular block, but like with Eleven, it can't quite bring itself to admit that to Bruce. These dumb, brave kids would probably never really understand, and it does still want to have a little respect out of them.

Better, in this case, mostly just means "not as awful as usual". And not having a name, not being a person, is safer and easier right now.