Don't mind him, he's just a little sad he couldn't rip himself out of there. Not for lack of trying, of course.

"Ah, thank you! I think I can take it over from here..."

Keyword: think.

"Okay, here goes!"

At that, he tries to pull what she opened back even further... But while he does manage to open it up a little more, it doesn't budge as much as he'd like it to. Unfortunately, he can't really put his weight on it and pull when he's sitting. And it's not like he could stand to try.

...Yeah, no, he can't get a good grip on it. What a semi-gloomy turn of events.

"This is the part where I reconsider not carrying scissors around..."