Talk:Rachel/@comment-99.244.251.250-20160224195445/@comment-26484417-20160224211751

The strangest thing is that we have yet to meet a Ranker who is genuinely depressed because his / her wish was beyond what the "top" can offer. Urek was relatively close, but the timeline suggests his desire to get out came sometime after he became a Ranker. In fact, some Rankers advertise this promise with confidence, which suggests that their wish(es) were fulfilled.

Maybe people born in the Tower have simply too pedestrian wishes, while people from the outside come with wishes they can fulfil by themselves (e.g., conquer the Tower). Rachel and Baam may be exceptions when you consider that Rachel is Baam's (literally) moving goal-post, and Rachel herself seeks something that may only be available outside the Tower.