"One of the reasons that I have not been able to make great contributions is because I am, in many ways, the jack of all trades," Julian explained to Rui even as he was engrossed in his thoughts. "I haven't been to pioneer the cutting edge of our understanding because I have not dedicated all my time to one field. Largely because I never felt great affinity with one field, whether it was Martial Science, potions, or esoteric material science or even the most recent MECHA engineering."
He gazed at Rui with a pointed expression. "I have achieved the highest level of knowledge and skill in these fields in the past ninety years, and that was it. It makes me extremely versatile and extremely useful, but I still have not made the kind of defining contribution to human civilization that I have wanted to my entire life."
Rui listened patiently as Julian explained his dilemma.
