If only the circumstances were not so dire.

[A bit of a treasure hunt might be fun, but a missing person and the strain upon the palace around them negate any enjoyment to be had from it.]

Perhaps so. Though it may speak a language neither one of us can understand.

[Which burns, as she was able to parse the myriad languages of her home, thanks to a gift she no longer seems able to access even passively. But it won't do to dwell upon unchangeable misfortune.]

Where ought we begin our search?