Yes, yes, I know. LATE AGAIN, YANG. I know. But it's up!
Why?
At the age of three, her father had quickly stemmed every start to the "Why?" game by saying "To make you ask." Which, in the long run, doesn't really make sense; she could still say "But why to make me ask?"
But then she wouldn't understand exactly what she was asking, which always bothers her.
She used to ask why of her patients, too, in a Nancy Drew sort of way.
It gets to the point, now, that she doesn't want to ask why any more.
Reference: Nancy Drew! Carolyn Keene is a freaking legacy with that character.