I will tell you why I wish to hear of yours, since I never hide the truth.

I who am so wise and old, yet must die; though that time may be far away, still I must die, for such is the lot of man born of woman.

And I do not desire to die.

Therefore I shall rejoice to learn of any faith that promises to the children of earth a life eternal beyond the earth.

Tomorrow you shall begin to teach me.