- Cara Mason: Am I the only one who finds it a little suspicious that when we were just asking ourselves what we should do when we find the Stone, and suddenly a mysterious man shows up saying he knows where the instructions are?
- Richard Cypher: This is the longest the compass has ever pointed in one direction.
- Cara Mason: Who would have ever dreamed that the Seeker could go for twelve days without stopping to save helpless children or distressed farm animals?
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Perhaps it's a sign that we're nearing the Stone of Tears.
- Cara Mason: And then what?
- Kahlan Amnell: We use the Stone to close the veil.
- Cara Mason: But how?
- [both Kahlan and Zedd have no answer to this]
- Cara Mason: Mm. My point exactly. For three months, we've been going after this mysterious Stone. But none of us has the slightest clue what we're actually supposed to do with it... once we find it.
- Sister Marianna: Lord Rahl.
- [bows head]
- Darken Rahl: Your sisters slumber so peacefully while the Keeper wages war.
- Sister Marianna: Say the word, and I'll rouse them.
- Darken Rahl: The Mother Confessor and the Seeker are on their way to the Winding Wall of Valdaire in search of an ancient scroll. You and your sisters are to get there before they arrive. Lie in wait, but do not... attack until the Seeker finds the scroll. Once he has it, I want you to steal it.
- Sister Marianna: Why do you want the scroll?
- Darken Rahl: It contains secret instructions for the bearer of the Stone of Tears. If the Seeker has this scroll, he will defeat the Keeper.
- Sister Marianna: Then I will get the scroll and destroy it.
- Darken Rahl: No. Once you get the scroll, it is the Keeper's wish that you protect it with your life. Once you've gotten it safely away from the Seeker, I will come and tell you what to do with it next.
- [Sister Marianna bows her head respectfully in obedience]
- Darken Rahl: Oh. Yes, one more thing. There is an aged scolar traveling with the Seeker. I've sent the wizard Zorander to kill him, but if for some reason the Seeker prevents the wizard from killing this old man, I want you to make sure... that he dies.
- Sister Marianna: [smiles] My sisters and I will leave no survivors.
- Darken Rahl: Consider it a victory if you manage to kill the old man and get the scroll.