[ Meanwhile, Harold is made of respect. It's his primary and paramount concern. If there's no integrity built into the process for the people affected, isn't it just autocracy?

He can tell there's something more behind Jayce's response or rather lack thereof, and he isn't going to pry. He doesn't as a general rule, but he absolutely won't here, in this absurdist pastiche of a summer camp. Jayce is genuinely trying to help people; he just needs some tempering. ]

As I said before, Dr. Romano is an individual who has specifically requested assistance in this area, [ he says instead, somehow both mild and pointed. ] Let's start there and afterwards we can see where we can take it next.

Without any grandiose assumptions.