Despite his inclination to despise intellectual prospects, Fletcher could speak Elven!  He didn't speak it with a flourish, and when he spoke it, well, he sounded like an orc.  Nevertheless, he made the correct intonations, softened his vowel sounds, and crisply uttered the elven incantation... but only because he had read the letter aloud.<br/><br/>He had placed the period upon that elven magical phrase before he realized,  "Uh oh."