Rapunzel lived trapped in a tower with no stairs, no door—just a window.

A prince heard Rapunzel singing from a tower and was completely entranced. But he couldn’t find a way in.

Every day the sorceress who kept her there called out, “Rapunzel, let down your hair!” and climbed up her braid like that was normal.

One day the prince saw this and thought, Okay, that’s the system, but I’m not… climbing a person.

So he came back the next day with a rope ladder, bolt cutters, and a headlamp.

“Rapunzel! I brought tools—because if your hair can haul up a whole person, I figure it can support a few inanimate objects.”

Rapunzel lowered the ladder, climbed down herself, and hit the ground like, “Wow. That was… so much easier than being used as infrastructure.”