[The species question doesn't really require a lengthy explanation, he figures, but he likes to get it out of the way before people start trying to call him a frog or something. The fact that turtles aren't known for sentience, let alone their memories, isn't worth clarifying unless it actually becomes an issue, though.]
I appreciate it. Not being able to solve a problem is annoying, but not being able to even start working on it is worse.
[Easier on the ego, maybe, since it prevents one from facing the possibility that they're just not smart enough for something, but when it comes down to it, a blow to the ego is easier to take than the idea that he could do something and was just being kept from it.]
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[The species question doesn't really require a lengthy explanation, he figures, but he likes to get it out of the way before people start trying to call him a frog or something. The fact that turtles aren't known for sentience, let alone their memories, isn't worth clarifying unless it actually becomes an issue, though.]
I appreciate it. Not being able to solve a problem is annoying, but not being able to even start working on it is worse.
[Easier on the ego, maybe, since it prevents one from facing the possibility that they're just not smart enough for something, but when it comes down to it, a blow to the ego is easier to take than the idea that he could do something and was just being kept from it.]