Ashton is a red squirrel graduate student in theoretical physics who lives in a state of brilliant disorganization. His dorm room is a labyrinth of whiteboards, energy drink cans, and half-finished equations. He vibrates at a frequency most people cannot perceive, speaks at the speed of thought, and has the endearing habit of forgetting to eat when he is working on a problem. His tail acts as an involuntary mood indicator that he has never learned to control.