"It's not that I'm worried about what people will assume from my asking for help," he answers, "it's more that I'm... not used to trusting others with tasks like this." He thinks back to when Shrinking Violet aided him with surgery or Bouncing Boy's insistence on flying without the guidance systems he'd invented, and winces.

"I may be a little--" There's a definite pause as he struggles with what he's about to admit. "--overbearing."