Edward arrived at the docks right before Ning and the rest were to leave. He hadn't told his family what he was doing. He simply wanted to leave for now, with Jasmine.
With Arya deciding to join on the journey, the group left to go see the rest of the world.
Ning took them from one location to another, each one new and unique. Tim and Jasmine were used to being around new locations by now, but Arya and Edward were not.
Arya was poor early in her life, and once she did become rich and successful, she spent her life around her father, helping him with the inventions she had a blueprint for.
Edward was in a similar situation, but completely reversed. He was born to the greatest empire on the planet and was thus protected from the outside world for most of his life, unable to see just how horrible life was for people who were not in his position.
This was an eye-opening experience for both of them.
