Oh... Nell began to have a guess about what some of this was about.
"No one's saying you're not trying," Nell said calmly. "But have you stopped to think about how you can best help people? If you put yourself in danger and maybe die, you'll never be able to help anybody else again. If you work smart and let others help, maybe you won't save everybody this one time - maybe it's impossible to do that - but at least you'll still be around when help is needed again."
She shrugged. "If you die, so do the rest you couldn't help. And all your people have to grieve you. And the next time... well, you won't be there and maybe they'll have a harder time carrying on without you. I know I had a terrible hard time carrying on without Leah."
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"No one's saying you're not trying," Nell said calmly. "But have you stopped to think about how you can best help people? If you put yourself in danger and maybe die, you'll never be able to help anybody else again. If you work smart and let others help, maybe you won't save everybody this one time - maybe it's impossible to do that - but at least you'll still be around when help is needed again."
She shrugged. "If you die, so do the rest you couldn't help. And all your people have to grieve you. And the next time... well, you won't be there and maybe they'll have a harder time carrying on without you. I know I had a terrible hard time carrying on without Leah."