'I asked of her the questions I had intended to before.  We reached a point in the conversation where it was decided your input would also be valuable.'

"Oh. Why did you bring the table?"

'To knock on.'

"Usually you knock on a door, I just didn't have one in reach."

'I see.'

They curl up a bit on their side.  It's a much more legible expression of misery than they have ever managed while vertical.

"What's the matter?"

'Everything continues to be much worse than I had thought it was even though I had already determined the situation to be terrible.'  They shift again.  'I asked Judy for suggestions of non-weather mediums with which to convey emotion.  This is comprehensible?'

"Yes, I could tell you looked upset."

'That at least is good.

I would additionally take suggestions from you as well, had you any to offer.'

"...I probably usually look upset but I'm not sure how to operationalize it."

They nod.

'Judy claimed you found my magic's interface disconcerting.'

"Oh - yeah, it's - very attention-grabbing."

'Do you have suggestions for improvements.'

"If it had a less - excitable nature that would help. It'd be preferable to need to actually mean to consult it as opposed to just thinking at all about magic before it made suggestions."

'I can presumably manage less excitable given the level of my optimism compared to when I first imprinted the interface.  How do you propose it should handle cases where recipients are unaware there is magic to consult.'

"It could make itself more known until told to go away? And advertise that it can be re-accessed later by wanting to."

'That seems an accomplishable course.'  They acquire a wing and . . . sort of hide under it.

"Is something else bothering you?"

'Something else other than what.'

"Other than what I have already commented on."

'I learned of the broad strokes of what happened the night Judy acquired magic.'

"- yeah. That sounded pretty bad."

'She was herself unwilling to supply detail but gave permission to ask it of you.'

"...oh boy. Uh, I didn't take very detailed notes. She was - attacked by a vampire - and in the process got sangrade powers - and in self defense made the vampire like her a lot - and they wound up having a very concerning relationship subsequent to that."

'She claimed there was video footage of the event.'