Originally posted by blprice61:

He's a micro-manager; he's checking up to make sure you're staying in lockstep with his plan and haven't gone off the reservation or native.

This. He checks in to see on your progress

If you have seen him, you either did something good, bad, or it was so weird that he had to check up on you.

I remember when I really was slow playing the game, I never saw him. Once I started making moves and defeating bosses, I saw him