She updates their orders too.

The human group seems to have fewer mages, but soon enough a Gate is up and they're lining up to cross it, while not getting any closer to Promise than they absolutely must. Their terrified looks aimed in her general direction are a lot more legible than the nonhumans' body language. 

"Done?" 

"Yes."

"We should go collect Nayoki and my people, and - go somewhere else." Leareth starts working on a Gate back to the wreckage. He's still mad about the library, even though he has additional copies of all the books elsewhere. 

Nod.

Leareth Gates them back to the heap of rubble and beckons Nayoki over, then heads off to ask the Tayledras who seem to be in charge, tersely, what their plan is. 

The Healing-Adept and a couple of others are going to camp here for a few days or until the terrifying lady figures out a better way of negotiating with the Goddess. 

Nayoki gathers the three other survivors from Leareth's facility, and heads over to join them. "We are Gating out again?" 

"Seems so." Leareth shoots an irritated look sky-ward. "This is going to seriously disrupt the weather patterns. I would not be surprised if we have a week of blizzards after this." Sigh. He starts working on yet another Gate, back to the... Oh. Right. "Promise, is the Ifteli soldier we kidnapped to question about names still in the records cache?" 

"Presumably."

"Probably we should do something about that. I wish I had thought of it sooner, she will not be able to Gate herself back alone." Leareth feels as though he should be able to think of an answer, but it's hard when he feels like he's observing himself from a great distance. 

"I am sure someone can Gate her to near the Iftel border in the region north of Valdemar," Nayoki suggests. "I can take care of that, if you bring me to where she is, I do not think I have a Gate-location there." 

Nod. Leareth glances at Promise to see if she seems approving of this plan. 

"No objections here. I'll need to talk to her to get her free once she's home."

"All right. Leareth can Gate all of us over to collect her, you can talk to her, and then I will take her to the nearest military barracks and find a mage who has travelled near Iftel, and both of you can - go somewhere that has guest rooms, I suppose." 

"I might just sleep in the records cache." It's only midmorning but he was woken in the middle of the night and has done so many Gates and nearly died repeatedly and he's exhausted. "Promise, if you want to go elsewhere, though, I can probably eke out one more Gate after this one." 

"Guest room would be most comfortable."

"All right. I will Gate all of us back to the records cache," Leareth glances at his other people, "- oh, have either of you been to one of the other research facilities within your Gate-range?" He gives them the approximate location. He's not delighted at the number of people who will now have a Gate-location in his private records, but it's hardly the worst consequence of today. 

One of them has and can do a second Gate to get them there once Nayoki peels off to return the Ifteli soldier home. 

Promise goes through Gates. Tells the soldier she may proceed back to Iftel by means nonviolently available to her taking no extraneous actions and then her orders will be rescinded. Goes to the guest room. Goes to sleep.

Leareth, even more exhausted and distant-feeling after the Gate to the records room, follows the other mage through the second Gate on automatic, somehow manages to brief some of the others on what's just happened, and then escapes as soon as he can to another guest-room and flops down on the bed.

Somehow he's still tense, despite the fatigue, and it takes him a while to actually fall asleep. 

Promise sleeps for eleven hours and then gets up and starts looking for water.

Water is pretty easily findable, there's a pitcher of it plus a row of cups in the common space near the guest rooms. 

Leareth is sitting in an armchair in said common area, looking like he, too, has quite recently woken up. He nods vaguely to her.