Tavi gets the point, and changes the topic. He is a diplomat.

"You've mentioned the forest several times now. What is it like to live there? I have to admit the only forest near my childhood home was..." He pauses. Covered in croach, to be exact, but he won't bring that up again. "...Untraversable. And I haven't had particular occasion to spend time in the forests of other regions of Alera."

After a moment's thought, Tavi decides he really ought to fix that. His next vacation, maybe.