[They have been cooperative so far. The problem is there isn't very much to learn, and what most of them have to say makes for either one very coherent story or really is all they know: a love for their lost royalty and a desire to see her returned safe and well.

And Minfilia believes with her whole heart in the latter case. It doesn't feel like an untruth.]

I have been known to engage in diplomacy from time to time.

[Despite the gravity of their situation, she smiles. It would almost feel good to meet with a dignitary again; much as she would prefer not to need specific word choices and careful conversational tiptoeing around nobility, she can't deny a certain longing for the familiar tied up in it.]

Convincing them of the importance in hearing from her closest relative about any possible explanation for her whereabouts ought to prove easy enough, I think.