Sable feels a faint presence tracking him, but doesn't understand why. He goes near Valentine "I have three questions for you. One, if I am to be serving you, I must know your name, so I inquire as to what it may be. Two, you called me a 'child' and have referred to yourself as 'mother' numerous times, what do these terms mean, for I have only run across them, although they have never been explained to me. Third, what," pause "is your quest?"