Argue, and you’re hysterical; there’s the instability, right on schedule.

Ask for your own lawyer, and you’re paranoid and combative, further proof you need someone sensible to manage your affairs.

Weep, and you’re overwhelmed.

Stay calm, and you’re cold, unnatural, clearly unwell.

There is no move on the board that the architect has not already labeled in his favor — which means the one thing you must never do is play the game he’s built, because the game is rigged in its very structure, and a rigged game cannot be won by playing well.

The only way to beat it is to stop treating it as a contest to survive and start treating it as information to gather.