Haha, well, based on other uh, learning curves, you might not want to bother trying to help me~!

[He's only half joking. Though he has more motivation for this than anything else right now.]

Why wasn't it optional? Did something happen and you couldn't get there in time or didn't know what everything meant until it was too late?

[Like he hadn't pieced it together quickly enough, or had enough focus, to warn Maverick before he went to the fey giraffe.]