Remembering he’s had to get by on appeasing teachers and that she’s been encouraging him to question and defy her if he thinks she’s wrong, Need restrains the urge to make a sharp comment and sends Raistlin a wordless warmth. She loops him in on some of what she’s picking up, too, though that is going to be an unfamiliar input.

Need tries just talking to the gnome, on the grounds that she seems to know a common tongue anyway, and even if he can’t speak it he may recognize it. If nothing else it’s definitely a response.

:I can hear you. I don’t look like a person, but I am. My name is Need. I’m not here to cause you any harm.: With that she shares a sense of calm, listening awareness.