<strong>"I already told you,"</strong>the old man says, clearly growing impatient,<strong>"You are mistaken and we have nothing to teach you, we have no secrets to give.  We cannot aid you for we have no aid to give.  You cannot help us, for we have no needs that we cannot tend to ourselves.  You are wasting your time."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"However,"</strong>he continues,<strong>"I never said that you may not enter.  If you truly cannot accept the truth from my mouth, then you are free to spend as much time as you please from my brethren."</strong>