Asel is a water man, the owner of the lake, an ancient and patient man, he is curious about other people's pain and other people's secrets, because his own life has long been flowing smoothly and quietly, without shocks, and watching those who rush around on the shore is the only entertainment he can afford. He does not let anyone into his underwater cave, where he keeps things dropped by people as a valuable collection, and does not admit to anyone that these fragments of other people's lives mean much more to him than he is willing to show.