He kneeled down in front of her, one hand on her knee.

"Listen," he said, trying to be both firm and sympathetic at once. "Do you remember what it was like to be teaching me about your time, even when I had been in Paradisa for over a year? What kind of troubles I ran into with people and society because I did not know how to behave amongst another culture? You had a lot of patience for me, and I am trying to show you the same courtesy... but you must trust me when I tell you what the right course of action is."