“You have indeed learned as much as we can teach you in preparation for this task. Let me tell you what I know of the symptoms and hope that you can provide a cure. A short while ago, the dreaded Cyclops was fooled by the gods into thinking that he could use the Staff of Aesculapius to find a cure for old age. Think of it, eternal youth!”

“You have failed us, adventurer. You are a quack! A charlatan! Hades will be happy to hear that you are once again practicing your arts on the unsuspecting.”

“Now, you should know that you must travel through the Elemental Planes to the Astral, and there return the Amulet to Hermes.”