Children are taught about the universe outside when they're young. They're told that it's already gone, but that it's also still out there. It's a tricky universe, the teachers who aren't very good with words say.

Being an ambassador to that universe would take courage in someone not City-born. It's a matter of accepting mortality and descending into the world of finites. For someone who's never seen the universe where their parents, family and friends came from, it's an adventure.