"It's okay. I have shut-downs, too. Not usually over helping people, but your programming is not the same as my programming. So that's fine." It may not register as a shut-down or programming to Sora, but the Soldier only has so many associations they can label things with. It's probably clear enough.

They do take in his actions with approval, though. Time to go, then, good. The Soldier collects their own discarded layers, already plotting their course back to the village. Considering potential detours for hot food and comforting activities before letting the kid go back to the chilly, unfriendly library. "If you have advice for how to bring you out of them better. I'm all ears."