What should Rittaen do about it?  Mostly nothing.  It's not his own place to meddle just because he knows Merrin better than Merrin does, even in the possible worlds where that's true and he hasn't made a critical mistake from not having true introspective access to Merrin's own thoughts as Merrin does.  It's more Rittaen's place to check that nothing really bad is about to happen to Merrin on account of this internal tangle; and so long as he's there, checking that, Merrin doesn't have to learn Keeper disciplines herself in order to prevent anything really bad from happening to her.  That's the point.

"For what it's worth," he answers, after a pause during which he chooses to appear to be somberly considering her words - "the way in which most of Civilization can't do what you can, should not, I think, cause you to update very drastically about Civilization.  There isn't something deeply wrong with a universe where most people don't want to run emergency sims all day, or at least, it seems not so to me, and that really is most of what you're learning here.  If you do go to work for Exception Handling, you'll learn in time that there is both more and less to Civilization than you thought.  I'm not sure but that you wouldn't learn the same in Default Hospital too, and maybe even if you stayed in Harkanam and eventually had children and found that neither you nor Civilization could protect them from everything."

"The world is very large, in the end, and so are you.  You should not fundamentally expect that you already know the workings of the world, or of yourself.  Today you learned that you were wrong about yourself and about Civilization and about which jobs you can have; and that's really a very small way to be wrong, compared to some I've seen.  The upshot is that instead of staying in Harkanam and learning more about how you were wrong about Harkanam, you have the option of learning about how you were wrong about Default Hospital, or going off to Exception Handling to be wrong about that.  But that's just an option, and you don't have to take it at the expense of being wrong about Harkanam."

"The world is too large to be mastered, and exactly for that reason, there's no point in you feeling that you have to chase after any single part of it.  Go where you want to be.  You'll learn some things you wish you hadn't, but that will happen to you regardless and in time.  Eventually, everything that can be destroyed by the truth will be, in this life or the next."

What should Rittaen do about it?  Mostly nothing.  It's not his own place to meddle just because he knows Merrin better than Merrin does, even in the possible worlds where that's true and he hasn't made a critical mistake from not having true introspective access to Merrin's own thoughts.  It's more Rittaen's place to check that nothing really bad is about to happen to Merrin on account of this internal tangle; and so long as he's there, checking that, Merrin doesn't have to learn Keeper disciplines herself in order to prevent anything really bad from happening to her.  That's the point.

"For what it's worth," he answers, after a pause during which he chooses to appear to be somberly considering her words - "the way in which most of Civilization can't do what you can, should not, I think, cause you to update very drastically about Civilization.  There isn't something deeply wrong with a universe where most people don't want to run emergency sims all day, or at least, it seems not so to me, and that really is most of what you're learning here.  If you do go to work for Exception Handling, you'll learn in time that there is both more and less to Civilization than you thought.  I'm not sure but that you wouldn't learn the same in Default Hospital too, and maybe even if you stayed in Harkanam and eventually had children and found that neither you nor Civilization could protect them from everything."

"The world is very large, in the end, and so are you.  You should not fundamentally expect that you already know the workings of the world, or of yourself.  Today you learned that you were wrong about yourself and about Civilization and about which jobs you can have; and that's really a very small way to be wrong, compared to some I've seen.  The upshot is that instead of staying in Harkanam and learning more about how you were wrong about Harkanam, you have the option of learning about how you were wrong about Default Hospital, or going off to Exception Handling to be wrong about that.  But that's just an option, and you don't have to take it at the expense of being wrong about Harkanam."

"The world is too large to be mastered, and exactly for that reason, there's no point in you feeling that you have to chase after any single part of it.  Go where you want to be.  You'll learn some things you wish you hadn't, but that will happen to you regardless and in time.  Eventually, everything that can be destroyed by the truth will be, in this life or the next."

What should Rittaen do about it?  Mostly nothing.  It's not his own place to meddle just because he knows Merrin better than Merrin does, even in the possible worlds where that's true and he hasn't made a critical mistake from not having true introspective access to Merrin's own thoughts.  It's more Rittaen's place to check that nothing really bad is about to happen to Merrin on account of this internal tangle; and so long as he's there, checking that, Merrin doesn't have to learn Keeper disciplines herself in order to prevent anything really bad from happening to her.  That's the point.

"For what it's worth," he answers, after a pause during which he chooses to appear to be somberly considering her words - "the way in which most of Civilization can't do what you can, should not, I think, cause you to update very drastically about Civilization.  There isn't something deeply wrong with a universe where most people don't want to run emergency sims all day, or at least, it seems not so to me, and that really is most of what you're learning here.  If you do go to work for Exception Handling, you'll learn in time that there is both more and less to Civilization than you thought.  I'm not sure but that you wouldn't learn the same in Default Hospital too, and maybe even if you stayed in Harkanam and eventually had children and found that neither you nor Civilization could protect them from everything."

"The world is very large, in the end.  You should not fundamentally expect that you already know its workings.  And you are also very large; you should not expect that you already know yourself.  Today you learned that you were wrong about yourself and about Civilization and about which jobs you can have; and that's really a very small way to be wrong, compared to some I've seen.  The upshot is that instead of staying in Harkanam and learning more about how you were wrong about Harkanam, you have the option of learning about how you were wrong about Default Hospital, or going off to Exception Handling to be wrong about that.  But that's just an option, and you don't have to take it at the expense of being wrong about Harkanam."

"The world is too large to be mastered, and exactly for that reason, there's no point in you feeling that you have to chase after any single part of it.  Go where you want to be.  You'll learn some things you wish you hadn't, but that will happen to you regardless and in time.  Eventually, everything that can be destroyed by the truth will be, in this life or the next."

What should Rittaen do about it?  Mostly nothing.  It's not his own place to meddle just because he knows Merrin better than Merrin does, even in the possible worlds where that's true and he hasn't made a critical mistake from not having true introspective access to Merrin's own thoughts.  It's more Rittaen's place to check that nothing really bad is about to happen to Merrin on account of this internal tangle; and so long as he's there, checking that, Merrin doesn't have to learn Keeper disciplines herself in order to prevent anything really bad from happening to her.  That's the point.

"For what it's worth," he answers, after a pause during which he chooses to appear to be somberly considering her words - "the way in which most of Civilization can't do what you can, should not, I think, cause you to update very drastically about Civilization.  There isn't something deeply wrong with a universe where most people don't want to run emergency sims all day, or at least, it seems not so to me, and that is what you are observing.  If you do go to work for Exception Handling, you'll learn in time that there is both more and less to Civilization than you thought.  I'm not sure but that you wouldn't learn the same in Default Hospital too, and maybe even if you stayed in Harkanam and had children and found that neither you nor Civilization could protect them from everything."

"The world is very large, in the end.  You should not fundamentally expect that you already know its workings.  And you are also very large; you should not expect that you already know yourself.  Today you learned that you were wrong about yourself and about Civilization and about which jobs you can have; and that's really a very small way to be wrong, compared to some I've seen.  The upshot is that instead of staying in Harkanam and learning more about how you were wrong about Harkanam, you have the option of learning about how you were wrong about Default Hospital, or going off to Exception Handling to be wrong about that.  But that's just an option, and you don't have to take it at the expense of being wrong about Harkanam."

"The world is too large to be mastered, and exactly for that reason, there's no point in you feeling that you have to chase after any single part of it.  Go where you want to be.  You'll learn some things you wish you hadn't, but that will happen to you regardless and in time.  Eventually, everything that can be destroyed by the truth will be, in this life or the next."

What should Rittaen do about it?  Mostly nothing.  It's not his own place to meddle just because he knows Merrin better than Merrin does, even in the possible worlds where that's true and he hasn't made a critical mistake from not having true introspective access to Merrin's own thoughts.  It's more Rittaen's place to check that nothing really bad is about to happen to Merrin on account of this internal tangle; and so long as he's there, checking that, Merrin doesn't have to learn Keeper disciplines herself in order to prevent anything really bad from happening to her.  That's the point.

"For what it's worth," he answers, after a pause during which he chooses to appear to be somberly considering her words - "the way in which most of Civilization can't do what you can, should not, I think, cause you to update very drastically about Civilization.  There isn't something deeply wrong with a universe where most people don't want to run emergency sims all day, or at least, it seems not so to me, and that is what you are observing.  If you do go to work for Exception Handling, you'll learn in time that there is both more and less to Civilization than you thought.  I'm not sure but that you wouldn't learn the same in Default Hospital too, and maybe even if you stayed in Harkanam and had children and found that neither you nor Civilization could protect them from everything."

"The world is very large, in the end.  You should not fundamentally expect that you already know its workings.  And you are also very large; you should not expect that you already know yourself.  Today you learned that you were wrong about yourself and about Civilization and about which jobs you can have; and that's really a very small way to be wrong, compared to some I've seen.  The upshot is that instead of staying in Harkanam and learning more about how you were wrong about Harkanam, you have the option of learning about how you were wrong about Default Hospital, or going off to Exception Handling to be wrong about that.  But that's just an option, and you don't have to take it at the expense of being wrong about Harkanam."

"The world is too large to be mastered, and exactly for that reason, there's no point in you feeling that you have to chase after any single part of it.  Go where you want to be.  You'll learn some things you wish weren't true, but that will happen to you regardless and in time.  Eventually, everything that can be destroyed by the truth will be, in this life or the next."

What should Rittaen do about it?  Mostly nothing.  It's not his own place to meddle just because he knows Merrin better than Merrin does, even in the possible worlds where that's true and he hasn't made a critical mistake from not having true introspective access to Merrin's own thoughts.  It's more Rittaen's place to check that nothing really bad is about to happen to Merrin on account of this internal tangle; and so long as he's there, checking that, Merrin doesn't have to learn Keeper disciplines herself in order to prevent anything really bad from happening to her.  That's the point.

"For what it's worth," he answers, after a pause during which he chooses to appear to be somberly considering her words - "the way in which most of Civilization can't do what you can, should not, I think, cause you to update very drastically about Civilization.  There isn't something deeply wrong with a universe where most people don't want to run emergency sims all day, or at least, it seems not so to me, and that is what you are observing.  If you do go to work for Exception Handling, you'll learn in time that there is both more and less to Civilization than you thought.  I'm not sure but that you wouldn't learn the same in Default Hospital too, and maybe even if you stayed in Harkanam and had children and found that neither you nor Civilization could protect them from everything."

"The world is very large, in the end.  You should not fundamentally expect that you already know its workings.  And you are also very large; you should not expect that you already know yourself.  Today you learned that you were wrong about yourself and about Civilization and about which jobs you can have; and that's really a very small way to be wrong, compared to some I've seen.  The upshot is that instead of staying in Harkanam and learning more about how you were wrong about Harkanam, you have the option of learning about how you were wrong about Default Hospital, or going off to Exception Handling to be wrong about that.  But that's just an option, and you don't have to take it at the expense of being wrong about Harkanam."

"The world is too large to be mastered, and exactly for that reason, there's no point in you feeling that you have to chase after any single part of it.  Go where you want to be.  You'll learn some things you wish weren't so, but that will happen to you regardless and in time.  Eventually, everything that can be destroyed by the truth will be, in this life or the next."