The suggestion of shadowy wings forms around Isabella's shoulders. 

"I can keep up." 

"All right."

When Isabella's clear of the house it collapses into a pile of smoking slag.

Okay, that's very satisfying. 

Yes it is.

Promise flutters into the air and books it away from the lake.

Isabella follows, immensely cheered by the property damage that's been left behind. Though her wings are insubstantial, they don't seem to be having any trouble keeping up with Promise.

Promise does not start a conversation on the journey, just flies. Seems to know where she's going.

Follow follow follow. Do not tick off the person who can give you magical commands. 

Eventually Promise finds a spot that she deems suitable. It is a hidey little thicket.

"Will you be okay for a week without food and only rainwater?"

Lioncourt nods. "Yes. What are you going to be doing for a week?"

"Going elsewhere. The gate may take that long to settle. Where do you want it to open to, I need a geographical description."

"A town on the west coast of an island on a round planet, with a castle on the cliffs above the shoreline. The country is Grand Victoria, if that's any help?" 

"Name doesn't help. Shape of shoreline? Altitude of cliffs?"

"Uhhh. Tall cliffs. I don't know the larger shape of the shoreline but there would be a larger continent to the southeast. The planet has a moon?" 

"I'm not going to be able to hit your castle with these specifications, will hitting anywhere on the planet do?"

"... Can you do 'within sight of land'?"

"Yes."

"That's probably good enough. Definitely better than staying here."

Promise nods. "I can hit almost anything with parameters that are actually landscape features, but castles aren't." She marks a couple spots on the ground with sticks. "It'll be between here, going that way. You can throw things through to see if the gate is settled yet. I'll come by later to close it."

"Alright then. Good luck. Try not to be vassaled by anyone else."

"That's the plan."

Isabella nods. "I certainly don't plan to come back." 

Nod. "Regardless - don't communicate my name in whole or in part to anyone by any means."

"Thorough. I like that. I might add 'or deliberately induce another to attempt to learn it', now that I've had some time to think of better phrasings."

"You presumably don't actually want anyone to have my name; I have yours. This will suffice to make sure you don't forget and tell someone anyway."

Isabella smiles wryly.

"You may have noticed that I am not exactly the most open and trusting person."