[Eventually Shiv does get tired of the garden and makes her way to the cottage, where she suddenly starts hearing a voice.
She looks around for the source, and finds…well.]

A talking sword. …you know what, why the fuck not? Figures that he’d hide the talking objects here.

[Being unsupervised could be good news though. Not without its bad news though, judging by the trial comment.]

I could guess. My killers haven’t shown up. How long would it take to learn how to curse somebody?