[Quite earnestly, they might be looking at several boxes that were piled into one another. Boxception, if you will. For now, though, let's stick with the basics. There's no point in making a difficult situation even more difficult.]

I would saaay that the 'box' we find ourselves in would be the game. We're expected to play along and I have this naaasty feeling that nothing good will come of it, baby. [Ergo, thinking outside this first level box of the Boxception means finding a way to get out without playing the game.]

You dig?