This skill imparts the gift of speech to inanimate objects for a short period of time. Basically anything you can look at is a valid target - if it has a soul, that is.
The legends tell of master animists, capable of keeping up a conversation with rocks and trees. While seemingly useless skill, there might be some things worth knowing that the non-living have sensed about their surroundings. An animist is never truly alone!
Usage: use soulspeak at <item> about <whatever, preferably whole sentence>