When you're used to being able to solve almost any problem...when people turn to you and you can't solve one, it's a threat. It's as if you're not yourself anymore if you can't solve the problem.

[This he understands. He nods, trying to think back on what he'd heard.]

I haven't utterly failed to solve this one yet, but it looks overwhelming from here. But that's why we're not on our own, isn't it?