You are supposed to experience things you hadn't before when away from home, even if that is simply enjoying the scenery where you'd neglected to before.

... Truthfully, it sounds quite alike to Ka Bue. I had grown used to the sights myself, so I often wondered what there was to gape so openly at when visitors would come from afar. It was, after all, a country with cities that differed little from one another, save for minor customs.

[ So: boring. ]

I suppose becoming a traveler myself helped to understand them better, though my home country will always just be that. [ A soft huff. ] Are the Tech grounds where you honed your skills?