Hands are busy

At a meeting, SP props his pen on his notebook and restlessly puts his hands under the table. PC politely asks to borrow his pen, to which SP agrees. Except he doesn’t give her the pen. So PC tentatively reaches for it, then stops. His hands still under the table, SP encourages her with, “If you want the pen you’ll have to get it yourself. My hands are busy.”

SP sure knows how to phrase things almost appropriately!