"That sounds like a good idea.  Either of those ideas.  As I mentioned before, Dryads are probably the best group to get into contact with.  Sending some people to near a Grove or summoning a dryad both would be good ideas.  The Kor Grove is... if the Groves can be said to have a leader among them it's probably that one.  I can't think of any individual dryads I'd recommend bringing, though in general if you can aim for a taller one you'll get one with more experience."

"We might not have enough finesse to get a dryad that is not immobile. ...Maybe we could send someone and summon another human? Mostly to be safe."

"That makes sense.  Sending people sounds like the best strategy, of those options, assuming that you can aim sending people better."

He nods. "We are not entirely sure we wouldn't uproot a Dryad with it. And in general sounds more friendly. Would rather stay or go along?"

He considers it.  This place does sound fascinating, but it's also dangerous and it doesn't sound like they can spare the resources.  "I'll go along.  Will you be able to bring me along to near Kor Grove, or would I get sent back out into the middle of nowhere where I was pulled here from?"

"We should be able to at least land near it if you can provide some unique identifiers, or try a few times."

"Hmm.  In addition to being the largest Grove, he largest artificial waterway in the world is a canal cutting across the Kor Isthmus that runs beside it.  They have a large number of museums and archives, but that's true of any grove..."

"Any other geographical features? Climate? Notable peaks?"

"Tropical, wet.  Outside of the groves and fields is rainforest.  There are some hilly areas, but nothing with names.  The largest lake that's part of the canal is called Kiraso.  The isthmus it's on is pretty notable, the only one between 2 continents, and if you get anywhere on it it their highways and rails will make it easy to get to the grove itself."

"That should be enough, do you have recommendations regarding group size or composition? Any problem if we take non-humanoids? Or maybe we should stick to a homogenous group?"

"Anyone who is more than twenty feet tall or six feet wide will have difficulty going everywhere in the Grove, and my height is just short of some of the older human buildings' ceilings."  He gestures at the approximate sizes.  "Non-humanoid won't bother anyone.  Number of people... I'm not sure how large you were considering, but anything under twenty would be fine.  Less than half should be people brought only as bodyguards, or it'll look less like a diplomatic team and more like a small army."

"We were thinking more between four and six. Maybe two bodyguards, though, we would favor people that can take care of themselves."

"That would be fine.  How long will it take to prepare and leave?"

"Could be as short as ten minutes. The relevant people are already gearing up."

"That's convenient."  He's a bit disappointed that it isn't reasonable to look around further, but he'd rather get on with the mission.  

Presumably, they will let him do that in the future.

They the group of five or so people, which indlues Pherikles' twin and someone who approaches Vine. "Hello! Fellow shapeshifter!"

"Hello!  You're the group that'll be sent to Tle?"