Shibboleth

When Asala finished activating the beacon for the Midpath once more, she looked up to Li with a curious tilt of her head.

"Prithee tell me, Seer, if this be not too personal, why doth thee keep thy past secret? So much of thy knowledge hidden? To mine eyes, tis' evident that thy knowledge shouldst enlighten this world greatly," said Asala. 

"I know surprisingly less than you think," said Li. "Just enough to know where this world is headed without proper guidance. Which is why I'm here in the first place."

"But wouldst it not behoove thee to share thy knowledge with me?" Asala eagerly manifested a sand tablet and held a stylus over it. "Thy divinity, for example, and what it wishes for. Thy past in the East, for surely one of thy caliber has had a most interesting past rivaling even that of the Seeker."