That's surprisingly not that different! It's just coming from the opposite valence, sort of, which makes sense now that he thinks of it that way...

"Yes Ser. The Prelate was not willing to commit to not using a Gray Garrison joint operation as an opportunity to arrest Desnans, but I have his Sending list," he provides it, "and Voyager Ramien is interested in a noon meeting at your preferred landmark in case there is anything he can do to assist anyway, and to discuss his own Sendings. ...also there are plausibly miraculous unreal butterflies around the temple of Desna, which said 'Hear me and take heed! The hordes of the Abyss march on Kenabres. The Wardstone is their target. They must not be allowed to capture it. The consequences will be disastrous,' over and over, reportedly the same contents of the warning dream the Desnans got but missing the visual information they were relying on in trying to address the situation by personally approaching the Wardstone."

Nod. It really seems like it would have been more efficient for Desna to just send Hulrun a dream telling him to take the warnings seriously, but the ways of the gods are mysterious. (Or maybe she tried and it didn't work.)

"Understood. Did he request to meet with me specifically, or is another representative acceptable?"

"It seemed that a representative would be fine."

In that case, unless Blai has anything else to report, she can issue him more wooden tokens to exchange for lunch.

He will hand them around to his party and get some Not Worldwound Stew. (How are all these provisions getting here? They can't walk down the street without tripping over a dretch, and a dretch can kill a farmer and the ox who pulls his cart in for market day too without overmuch resenting the interruption to its rest!)

(They've been relying on their preexisting provisions and supplementing with the ability to produce unlimited quantities of ale. (Usually there are fewer dretches.) They will be in serious trouble if they somehow manage to repair the Wardstone without managing to restore their supply chains.)

"Hello, select boy! Would you be willing to participate in an experiment while we eat?"

"That depends on the nature of the experiment."

"Don't worry, there is no risk to you or any other person! I simply intend to have you repeat a variety of sentences to the various patrons of this establishment, in order to compare the function of your translation magic to that of a Tongues spell. I have already identified several people who are not native speakers of Hallit."

"...very well."

"Excellent! Your contributions to science are much appreciated."

Seelah hears him speaking Hallit, no matter what Nenio tells her. An elf who insists he's certainly not Galtan reports that Blai speaks Hallit. A halfling who claims to be from Andoran reports likewise. An Erastilian from Lastwall reports (after being pulled aside for a private conversation) that he speaks the dialect of Taldane most common in Lastwall, and continues to report this even after Nenio brings Seelah back. Nenio's attempts to have Blai read out text in an obscure Tien language that no one present speaks except for her are stymied by the Comprehend Languages-like element of the effect.

"Interesting! The standard form of the Tongues spell would not permit you to speak to multiple people simultaneously in different languages, and would generally be subject to more deliberate control on your part. It seems that, in contrast with the normal Tongues spell, your spell is partially controlled by the expectations of the listener. Unfortunately, I was unable to locate anyone in this establishment who does not speak Hallit; however, I will attempt to rectify this by forgetting my knowledge of Hallit and observing whether I can still understand you."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Alas, it appears that even my peerless ability to forget irrelevant details was insufficient in this case. Regardless, the spellcaster responsible for the effect was likely quite talented! I would love to meet them someday."

"Unfortunately I don't know who they were or how I came by the objects and am mostly going on the fact that they have my name on them to be confident I don't need to figure out how to return them."

Scribble scribble scribble. "Do you often experience memory loss?"

"No."

"Are you acquainted with any skilled magical researchers who might have created a custom magic item for you? Regrettably, I have yet to find the time to learn the art of magic item crafting, so I am confident I did not make them for you and simply forget."

"How do you know you didn't just forget how to make magic items, too?"

"I would never forget something that important."

"No, I don't know anyone like that."

"A mystery! It appears you are quite interesting after all, select boy."

"Again, 'Select' can be used by itself."

Blink. "Have we spoken about this before?"

"We talked about it yesterday, Nenio."

"I must have forgotten. Most likely the conversation seemed irrelevant."