There's no need to ask permission before submitting an article. You mussst trussst me Ssstone. Reassures the wizard. I have helped the largessst oraclesss in the foressst grow large and mighty. Do thisss thing that I asssk, and I will help you too.
Stone stops and thinks.
But he thinks about what the wizard has told him. It is true that he has not yet built many paths to his own oracle. I shall build you a path from the gate of my oracle, and I anticipate your help in kind. Build me thessse paths, and when you return, you will be well rewarded. Be sure to be here in 2001 for the meat of the story.