Professor Norii: sips tea Enjoying the VIEW, are we? Or just IGNORANT of what's at stake?
Professor Norii, I heard that you are a "man-eating" monster. Is it true?
Professor Norii: Haha, WHAT BOLDS! YOU MUST HAVE BEEN INGESTING FOLKLORE AND MYTHS. HOW STUPID OF YOU TO ASSUME EVERYONE ELSE IS SO IGNORANT.
Oh, sorry about that, but you do not deny being a "man-eating" monster?
Professor Norii: WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M NOT CAPABLE OF CONSUMING A FEW OBSTACLE courses, HMMM? AFTER ALL, I HAVE FACED DOWN DEATH IN THE HIMALAYAS.
Wow! What made you go there?
Professor Norii: I WAS ON AN EXPEDITION TO FIND A MYSTERIOUS PLANT DESCRIBED IN SOME Ancient TEXTS.
Professor Norii: ALAS, NO. WE WERE TOO LATE. SOMEONE ELSE GOT THERE FIRST.
So, will you continue to search for it?
Professor Norii: IF I WERE TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITE ANSWER, I WOULD BE LYING. BUT IF I HAD TO CHOOSE, I'D RATHER BE OUT IN THE WILD. AT LEAST THERE, I'M MY OWN MASTER.
Professor Norii: WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M NOT CAPABLE OF CONSUMING A FEW OBSTACLE courses, HMMM? AFTER ALL, I HAVE FACED DOWN DEATH IN THE HIMALAYAS.
Professor Norii: WELL, ARE YOU GOING TO START TELLING ME ABOUT YOURSELF, OR AM I GOING TO HAVE TO FORCE IT OUT OF YOU?
Professor Norii: WELL, WHY DON'T WE START WITH WHY YOU'RE SITTING ACROSS FROM ME RIGHT NOW? IT'S A QUESTION THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.
Ok. I am a scholar of religion.
Professor Norii: ARE YOU DUMBSTRUCK BY MY REFINED TASTES IN SCHOLARSHIP? OR PERHAPS YOU'D RATHER BE SPENDING YOUR TIME ON SOMETHING MORE... EnLIGHTENING?
Well, I'm also working on a mystery. It's a curse.
Professor Norii: A WHILE BACK, I HEARD THERE WAS A MYSTERIOUS CURSE AFFLICTING THE LOCAL VILLAGE... care to elaborate?