Ask and wait expectantly for the answer.

Curiosity fueled our determination to keep questioning.

State what you want, and go for it, don't refuse yourself a request you did not make.

Never assume you know it all. Ask questions.

Who am I?What is my mission?

There is nothing which for my part I like better, Cephalus, than conversing with aged men; for I regard them as travellers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and of whom I ought to inquire, whether the way is smooth and easy, or rugged and difficult.