You must understand first of all that my people were not particularly expressive. The custom was to remain masked at almost all times. [She touches her mask, unworn in countless ages, where it hangs like an amulet just below her neck.] Standing out was discouraged, and strong displays of emotion rare. Then too, I was set apart from my people as well, for many reasons.

But to speak more generally, it is a vast world, is it not? Even an eternity of life is insufficient to experience more than a mere fraction of everything it has to offer.