"Well, Betelgeuse..." Hange shrugs. "Do you want to depend on what's convenient for other people and what they can do for you at any given moment? I'm not saying you can't get help, and given your track record you should probably check around before you assume something is normal and make a big thing out of it, but... you're your own person. And people will probably be more inclined to help you if you've made some sensible efforts to help yourself first."