"How would a wish like that determine what would be salient, anyway?" Gamesa wonders. "Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I'm really not sure of what the line is between what can be done without creating a person and what can't be."

"We could include a restriction that the information-gathering Wish may not be implemented through the creation of a person, and then observe if said Wish works. If it does not, then another method would be desired."

"Well, yes. Fair enough," Gamesa agrees. "I'm fairly sure that no matter what else we decide, Penþa's going to insist that all wishes be made with that restriction, and probably a good deal more."

"Hmm. I wonder whether you could wish to be able to know whether wishes would work without actually attempting to wish them. It would save time and make it easier to learn the rules without accidentally wishing for something terrible."