Ashton had a similar realization like this not too long ago. It was something that haunted him for weeks, making him unable to sleep properly.
To think that he'd meet someone who discovered this too and probably knows more than him...Ashton felt some kind of dreaded anticipation bubbling in his chest.
It's not a pleasant feeling, he'd say that much...
"...we have centuries of history. Centuries of experience under the relentless oppression of the Celestials and Hypogeans. Yet somehow, even though we survived that long under their harassment, why have we not made a lot of progress?"
"Why is that we're still limited to the Last Bastion? Why is it that we still haven't figured out ways to better protect ourselves instead of relying on that bubble alone? Why is it that our technology is still limited within that bubble too? Why can't it work outside?"
