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?: Yessir! Now, get in, mate. 
 - *I enter and sit on a bench inside*
?: What questions do you have about such place that ye are in? Oh! I am sorry! My name is Gando Merch. Pleasure to meet the company of Yore.
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This is reminiscent of the River Styx of Greek mythology, in which a boatkeeper must be paid in order to cross.