"I suspect I failed.  It is possible I could do something given more time, which I do not expect to receive."

"I suspect I failed at your problem.  It is possible I could do something given more time, which I do not expect to receive."

Asmodia says it without very much fear; she has made a lot of evident and verifiable progress on what was said to be the more important problem of the two, and she was told she wouldn't be harmed if she showed prudence.