Yes, that's it exactly. [He nodded; they were on the same page now.] That's the hope, isn't it? That the painful knowledge we gain can serve us in good stead later in life.

[...Except then she used that weird word at the end. 'Evolve?']

I beg your pardon? That's the only way we can... unroll? [Philip is bewildered mightily at this turn of phrase!]