After explaining his actions, the gray-eyed youth fell silent for a moment before slowly revealing a truer reason. "Besides, even if the world were to be destroyed in an instant, I would still be curious—curious about the truth behind it all. Just like right now, I'm still curious about what lies at the very bottom of the Maze."
"After all, according to the order sung in that ballad, the next to appear should be the 'Fire in the Earth'... Does this have anything to do with the fact that the Maze gets hotter the deeper you go? I can't help but wonder."
As he said this, he even laughed, a simple and pure joy in the sound. "My father once told me that humanity's most important virtue is curiosity… Whether it's high in the sky or deep in the earth, humans want to explore, to venture into the unknown."
