[Purely out of an interest in seeing what she'll say, he asks:]
What's the harm, truly, in asking for help first? Beyond a hit to one's pride in one's self-sufficiency, perhaps?
[He's bad at this, too, so he knows how difficult it is to relinquish oneself to even an idea of helplessness.
At the same time, some problems can't be solved on one's own, regardless of the effort put in. The city's teaching him that at a rate that's almost overwhelming.]
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What's the harm, truly, in asking for help first? Beyond a hit to one's pride in one's self-sufficiency, perhaps?
[He's bad at this, too, so he knows how difficult it is to relinquish oneself to even an idea of helplessness.
At the same time, some problems can't be solved on one's own, regardless of the effort put in. The city's teaching him that at a rate that's almost overwhelming.]