[Excuse him as he takes a long, pointed sip of his coffee.]

'Twould be just my luck if there was.

Yet what has any of that to do with our approach? What she needs is to realize that her mind can be tamed and uncertainty overcome. In the end, there's little difference between speaking to one person versus another.

[So he says, but it's doubtful Emet-Selch believes as much himself.]