"I don't know and I won't be able to spend long working on it till I've rested a while either. I don't think it'd kill him."

He glances at the assembled Healers, switches to Mindspeech. :Would any god or gods know that you and he collaborated in speaking with me?: 

Van went on vacation to k'Treva and talked to people there. It is also not impossible the Groveborn Companion has put together your involvement but he's mostly mad at me for unrelated reasons.

:...I will ask later. Inclined to think that Vanyel is in more danger from staying here than a Gate: He looks around again. :A Gate will be detectable and they will deduce who left, I think – not necessary for us to risk going outside and Gate out in front of them: Slight smile. :Also, if I am not mistaken, that kyree has found a window to spy through: 

Van, Yfandes, Leareth's going to gate the three of us out so the army stops attacking Healers' trying to grab me. I can grab Yfandes after I've rested, I don't think there's a good way for her to get in here.

:No, probably not: It is very obvious from her mindvoice that Yfandes hates this plan, but she doesn't see a better alternative either. :I'm not in danger right now – sorry, tried to get to you, but then a whole bunch of those lizard things came by and it seemed ill-advised to draw their attention: 

Mental sigh. :Apologize to Van for me. I'm...not looking forward to answering all the questions, after this. Tempted to run off while everyone's distracted but I probably owe it to Savil at least to explain: 

"Ready?" Leareth is saying.

Be careful, Bella warns her. And she tells Sayshen, Watch out. The kerfuffle was about me and I don't know how far it'll reach. "You'll have to help me haul him."

Leareth nods. "I can carry him. Gate first – warn him?" He looks around at the assembled Healers. "I apologize for all of this. My shield ought last for a minute or two after we depart, if they continue striking it at this rate. They ought be aware we have gone elsewhere, however, I suggest you find a very obvious way to indicate your surrender and non-aggression before it does. The Guard and Heralds will be here very soon, if I am not mistaken."

Glance at Bella. "Gate. Warn Vanyel." He raises his hands and a nearby doorway begins to glow. 

Van, Leareth's gating us out of here. It won't hurt, I've got you, but you're pretty out of it and we're gonna carry you, okay? Yfandes can follow when I'm recharged.

Vanyel mumbles some kind of assent. 

The interior of the doorway flashes white, then clears to show the interior of what seems to be a...library? "Now," Leareth barks, and he bends down and scoops Vanyel into his arms and is through in about three seconds. 

Bella ducks through afterwards, mentally apologizing to Melody about her headache which will begin to trouble her again any moment.

The Gate snaps down the instant she's through. 

"Follow me," Leareth says, and breaks into a fast walk, shoving a door open with a burst of magic. 

She trots after him briskly. "Where are we?"

"About a hundred and fifty miles north of the Ice Wall Mountains. Underground. This is mainly a record-keeping facility, but I have some personnel here including Healers. More importantly, this is not within any god's territory, so even if the Gate were possible to track - which it ought not be - if they had a way of interfering here, I am nearly certain they would already have done so." 

"Okay." Yfandes, Leareth took us up north and he has healers. I'm going to be all out of ability to talk soon unless I quit with Vanyel's pain control. I'll check in if I can somehow but you shouldn't expect to hear from me over there till I've slept.

:Noted. Thank you: 

Leareth shoves another door open. He switches to a language that isn't Valdemaran, but will be understandable to Bella if she's sparing any arts for it. "Keter, I have a casualty here – some sort of complicated backlash, he reacts badly to Gates. Get Nayoki in here as well, please." 

"Of course," the man answers in the same language, turning and pulling aside a curtain to reveal a hospital-like room with a cot in it, two chairs against it, and several closed cupboards and cabinets. "You can put him here." 

Leareth lays Vanyel down in the bed, carefully, and then heads for the nearest chair and sits down, showing fatigue for the first time. 

She is in fact not sparing any arts for it. She sits by Vanyel, trying to be as efficient as possible in keeping him out of pain.

Vanyel is at the point where 'staying conscious' is about the level of challenge he can manage – he thinks he might've blacked out for a few seconds during the actual Gate-crossing, but he's not sure, it didn't hurt and he had his eyes closed and was muddled enough that he isn't even sure when the Gate happened.

It's very tempting to stop trying to stay awake, but he probably ought to care where he is and what just happened. 

"How much longer can you painblock for him?" Leareth asks Bella in Valdemaran. 

"Maybe twenty minutes, less if I have to do literally any other arts. My recharge rate while I'm awake covers my shields but takes a while to save up for more."