That was the Judge's concern, actually, and why I have not yet made the attempt.

[It wasn't that she'd wanted to give it up, just...politeness, and its sake. She knows how she is, after all.

...So does he.]

But if that does work, well, it certainly would make life easier, I think. I mean...I'm perfectly willing to make the attempt to ask the tree, politely. Or the little sprout-cactuar in the study. Maybe it can help me speak to it? I've been a conjurer, it's no stranger than some of the things that the Hearers had me do, back in Gridania.