From before he sent out his souls query [Ashura came here more often than not just to entertain himself. He enjoyed educating himself and sometimes he hoped to find things on other worlds. He knew of their existence before coming here, but with it all smacked so boldly in his face he had to admit his curiosity had been piqued. Few were willing to cooperate in actually saying where they were from, but it was a work in progress. For now, he merely studied the things offered from some of those worlds in the basic systems - which was all he knew how to do on a computer.
And the reason why he recognized Charles' look of intent concentration. He had had it once, when he first started. His head cocked a bit in amusement, his jewels glittering and chiming.]