Yeah, it does take an absolute age to get into. In fact, I don't think I ever finished it; unlike Ocarina, which I sat up for days to complete.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'