Gloss? [Quark can't help himself from laughing.] Like something shiny?

[He shakes his head at that, but the motion turns into a nod at the mention of the network.]

It's probably because you're by yourself. I was alone for a really long time when I first got here, and I never ran into any monsters until after I joined a really big group of people, and then we ran into two in a row! So I think they're more likely to follow people who are all together.