Bearclaw Valley A life of pain is the pain of life, and you can never escape it

Ashlar still didn't understand and Aventus' answer did not help. He did not wonder why the fight was answered, but he did wonder why it began in the first place. He hadn't known Avicus started it but frowned at this.

You're family. Why? His bearing never changed from downcast humility, but he did gain a slight air of agitated curiosity. Everything here was so strange and he was beginning to wonder if he would ever learn the secret to it. How could he become useful if he did not know what they needed? Wanted? Why they performed as they did? He would never know the right things to do, and was destined only to disappoint.