[ Born as adults. Treated as... Sometimes treated as adults. The asura always seemed so bent on treating them like little children. The rest, like walking vegetables. Trahearne has since learned to let it roll off him, to find those who will actually respect them. ]

In a sense. [ He sips his beer. ] Before our awakening, we dream. Our Dream informs us all we need to know about life on Tyria, how to survive. All we experience in life gets sent back to the Dream, so that younger generations can learn from our lives and do better.

[ The firstborn did not get that privilege. ]