<human>: So I live in this great apartment building. Nothing fancy, but it's a cool old building from 1923. The super (maintenance guy) has been here for over forty years.

Anyway, he's dying. His kidneys are failing. His wife slid a note under everyone's doors explaining the situation and asking us to be careful what we talk about.

I see him all the time. In fact, he's sitting outside right now. I never know what to say. "How's it goin'?" is sort of a default but that seems very wrong given the circumstances. I like this guy. Funny old dude.

I'm familiar with death. My father died when I was a teenager and I remember how frustrating and unhelpful it was that everyone I ran into reminded me of it by asking how my dad was doing, which was "bad". The last thing I wanted was to be reminded of the situation in my few fleeting moments of non-worry.

So what do you say to someone who will pass away soon?

Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: An acquaintance that I see regularly is going to die soon from disease. I want to be nice. How do you make small talk in this situation?