The student gazed at the giant monolith and was intimidated by its size. "Break it up" the teacher instructed. And so the student broke the monolith into many

The student gazed at the giant monolith and was intimidated by its size. "Break it up" the teacher instructed. And so the student broke the monolith into many pieces, and then became confused by how all the pieces fit together. "Put it back together" the teacher instructed. And so the student rebuilt the monolith, fat controllers and all, but she was not scared, neither of the many pieces, nor the size.