That last is less my concern than the fact that the magic involved does not allow us the choice in what we speak. Surely if the spell cast enables us to all understand each other, he could have invoked another that gave us knowledge of a new language in addition to ours...

[He leaned back, eyes distant as he took another drink of his water. When his thoughts returned he frowned and shook his head, realizing he'd just been unintentionally rude to a very polite host.]

My apologies for the argument. I'm speaking of magical theory and you have no real knowledge of that. I should not have forgotten that.