There was a danger in accomplishment that most beings never examined because the examining required unflinching honesty that accomplishment itself tended to make difficult.
The danger was perception. When something grand was achieved, the mind reached for a category large enough to hold it, and the categories it reached for were often too large. An accomplishment perceived as unfathomable became a destination rather than a waypoint, and destinations ended journeys.
A being who had climbed to a peak they considered the ultimate peak had no reason to look for the next one, and if they had no reason to look for the next one, the next one would not be found, and the one after that would not be found, and the vast architecture of what they might have become would remain unbuilt because they had mistaken a single floor for the whole structure.
