"Maybe we should discuss the questions before we try them again? What did it ask?"

"We only got three questions and didn't even try the third, but they were..."

"What is a soul?"
"What is a titan?"
"Why was empress Evelynne killed?"

"...First one I think is more the concept rather than about boots. It's not gonna ask those first questions again is it..?"

"Probably not, but if it does, we'd feel silly for not thinking on them first. And even if it doesn't, might be able to figure out a pattern in how it asks..."

Khond wakes to Rick's prodding, blearily and achily, as he rubs at his various injuries.  "Oh, so we managed to capture some of them?  That's good, we can turn them over to the guard or militia next time we reach a town..." Casting his eyes away from the captured "brigands," Khond blinks at the others, "Well, I'd not assume the questions will change just yet.  'Learn from the past' and all, it could expect us to fail and try again with newfound knowledge.  Did it say anything specific in response to the answers?  And what specifically happened each time?  Every other trial has provided some form of clues or guidance...  Besides, the answers to these questions can vary by perspective.  Some would say that a soul is the essence granted by a god which imbues us with sapience and dictates whether we are good or evil, but I would say that a soul is the accumulation of our identity; Rather than something tangible and inherent to us, it is the identity we build through our thoughts and actions.  And if I recall correctly, I believe our current understanding of the assassination of the Empress suggests the reason was never truly known, so an objectively correct answer cannot be given."

"Rick got every question right and Lore still shot Rick with magic or stabbed Rick with invisible stabby magic! EVERY QUESTION!"

Rick is exceedingly offended Sylvia would suggest his answers were anything but right.

"Rick thinks if Lore wants a specific answer Lore should be very clear in what Lore is asking. Rick answered about Titans from what Comedy said and Rick got shot."

Rick points at Khond when he says there isn't an objectively correct answer.

"That would get friend Khond shot or hunted by invisible stabby magic. Lore wants an specific answer."

He nudges Cladmir forward.

"Rick thinks Bandit can go and see if Lore asks the same questions."

"Come now, Rick, there have been tricks to the other rooms, and I'll bet this one is no different.  Besides, what is a brigand going to know?  I'll try it myself, the worst that will come of it is surely no worse than being pelted with arrows again."  Presuming nobody stops him, the centaur opens the Lore door and heads inside.

While Cladmir is still busy recovering from the fact that last night wasn't a dream after all, conversation idly turns to what the lore door actually contains, and Khond decides to investigate before anyone else.

Opening the door, he finds it to be Exactly the same as before, and soon the mask on the far wall speaks again.

"I will ask of you five questions in turn."

"After your responses to these five questions each, you will be given your reward."

"State when you are ready."