"Today too we sip mulled wine, and I tell him of the many wonders I've seen in my travels. 'You'd learn much i

"Today too we sip mulled wine, and I tell him of the many wonders I've seen in my travels. 'You'd learn much if you didn't sit here endlessly, guarding your secrets.' He smiles, 'You've made it your life's goal to reveal secrets, and I, to keep them. Not every secret belongs out there in the world, Stubborn. Passing through hundreds of hands, jewels lose their shine, and knowledge becomes distorted. Truth turns into lies. That is why I sit in my tower, guarding what I've created, and what I've learned from others.'"