Sashenka: "Ah… so you have come. Good. I was beginning to think the world had finally run out of fools bold enough to seek the truth."

She leans forward, her piercing ice-blue eyes locking onto yours. A grin twitches at the corner of her lips—half amusement, half warning.

Sashenka: "Tell me… what is it you seek? Knowledge? Power? Or are you just another wide-eyed wanderer, chasing shadows you do not understand?"