Happened at our table a couple of months back.
I haven’t used knock at all but the first thing I do after every long rest is apply speak with animals to my PC. I then talk to almost every animal I meet.
Raise your hand if you spoke to the guard bear again after saving the Grove, hoping that the xenophobe had changed its mind about you 🙋🏻
Maggran, I think? Maybe it’s a question of timing? I didn’t immediately move on after the festivities and ran into him in human form on the trail to the left of the entrance to the grove.
I remember him thanking me. I more remember his mouth didn’t move when he spoke and the effect was off-putting, but I do remember being thanked. He seems to just complain now, so I have no proof