"So... unless you think you can do that in the next few hours, there's going to be a practical obstacle. Which is... she... sort of, was teleported in, from that other dimension I mentioned, and the thing that allegedly sent her here didn't send her here with... a food supply, or money, or a place to stay. And I'm guessing that if the physics department couldn't line up room and board on short notice for a literal magician, the linguistics department isn't going to have much luck either?"