User blog comment:DatAsymptote/In Defence of Damsel-in-Distressing/@comment-33811023-20200209212404/@comment-3991308-20200213034228

I feel like the books do a way better job of it! In Book 1, by Hale, the damsels learn how to kill boredom. I think these mental/emotional skills are very very impressive, and I wish we got to see more of that!