Something can be difficult without being your own personal Gordian knot.

[ -- then again, how often has she had this conversation with him? the ongoing debate over how much of your own self-worth is healthy to feed into tasks and tests and tribulations.

although: ]

Try not to think too hard about getting out of here. [ he's not going to like that advice. she knows it. but she also knows that it would be a far worse sin to take his ignorance, now, and put him to work on a problem he doesn't want her to force him to solve. ] At least not until you've found your feet.