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Children were meant to ask why. How else were they to learn and develop into the future of Cloudbank? The beginning steps of any seed required nourishment - proper sunlight, soil, and water - in order to blossom. With each answer, another leaf unfurled until the petals opened to the beaming sun. The citizens were content with their current state, for why ask more of the abstract when life was already blissful? Though Asher was never content with basking in the light; he longed to grow and touch the sun itself, even if it meant he’d ignite himself and crumble to ashes.