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verbA1UK /ɑːsk/ US /æsk/

To request or petition.

To put forward (a question) to be answered.
To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
To invite.
To indirectly encourage or make more likely (an undesirable outcome).figuratively
To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
To take (a person's situation) as an example.figuratively

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Why do you ask?

If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.