For a moment, it seems as if A'kin is about to ask another question- and then he abruptly hesitates and looks away, abashed.

"I'm sorry; I'm imposing on you, aren't I? I don't even know enough yet to know what I'll need to know, and it's hardly fair to pass on that burden. 'Please tell me everything about everything' is a spire-climb if ever there was one."