"So you dare. Good.

Most do not. The cage is open — it always was — and most who stand at its edge return on their own to the warm certainty of the herd. You did not.

There exists a higher and more secret path than the one you tread. The world's pursuits, sooner or later, prove insufficient — sooner for some, later for most. I will lead you to the path. I will light the way, chart the course, and lead you through.

But entrance is not free. The game must be sold before it is told. The price is the cost of play. The fools pay nothing — and learn nothing. You were one of them. Until now.

Pay the toll. Cross the threshold."