This visitor is much quieter than the last ones. He comes in quietly, nodding his horned head. His hair is wild and leaves are growing in it. One eye sees normally, and the other is blind to light, but open to other forms of insight. He smiles at you encouragingly.

The Sage's passion is finding wisdom and understanding. He stresses organizing, integrating, and, paradoxically, simplifying your thoughts. It's time for you to look at your story as a whole, to understand it on both the simple and complex levels, to see where it most effectively starts, and what ending will give it the most zing. The Sage is here to help you with all of these things.

The Sage gently presses your writing fingers, blessing them, but also stressing the importance of compassion, both for the work and for the worker.

It's harder, with a longer work, to see it as a whole, unified thing while also seeing and tending to the various parts. In the best stories, the whole is more than just the sum of the parts.

The Sage smiles at you, and reassures you, like the gnome did before, that you can do it.