With all due respect to Riku, it's been tried. Every person who crosses the Porter's threshold eventually comes to believe they have the answer to reining the Porter, to send us home or ensure our future here, or whatever we feel like doing with it. There have been multiple people naive enough to think that maybe we could just ask nicely.

[ She holds up a finger, something stern and bitter sneaking into her voice. ] Not one has ever succeeded. We are talking about an entity that can bind gods without breaking a sweat, a little hackjob won't get you anything but a dip in the Atlantic.

She may not talk anymore, but she's still fully capable of defending herself.