She copies it down in Pax.

"Do I have to do anything else?" 

Ask after Savil's availability? Also this doesn't have to start today, especially if Lancir is busy and wants to watch, or you need to reschedule things.

"...Yfandes says Savil is free in a candlemark." Vanyel grimaces. "I, um, kind of want to just do it now that I've decided? But I could wait until later if that's better." 

"I've got a meeting in, um, five minutes ago," Lancir says, "but everything after that is non-urgent and Taver can take care of moving it for me. Also, I don't want you to feel you have to put it off if it's only because of my availability. I can always catch up with Bella later." 

Okay, let's get out of Lancir's office so he's not keeping his appointment waiting, spend that candlemark going over the plan and contingencies and priorities, and then talk to Savil.

Vanyel follows her out.

She wants to draw a FLOWCHART with the main plan and various branches for if various things do not work as planned, and a TIMELINE alongside the main plan. The fact that they do not share a written language might inhibit mutual understanding but she can put little mnemonic doodles in the corners of the boxes. Unless Yfandes can read and the speaking any language thing works on writing.

Yfandes isn’t sure but thinks that her ability works roughly the same way Bella’s does; she can pick up meanings from thoughts if Bella is willing to let her try and will actually be looking at what she’s writing down. She can relay to Vanyel trivially easily.

Bella can publicize the meaning of the writing, sure. Then they can read Bella's flowchart and comment on whether it looks like an appropriate plan.

Vanyel tentatively agrees with this plan, although he would really prefer to think about the topic much less than it requires and ideally not at all. That...would probably inhibits Bella’s ability to do the most helpful thing, though, so he’s willing to make an effort.

Sorry, I'm not going over it like this to be difficult, it's just we're working through a cultural and a language barrier and you're used to a different style of power and with all that in play I want to be as careful as possible about making sure you understand what you're agreeing to.

“I understand. I’m...really grateful that you’re being this careful, actually.”

That's my job.

He can try to help her do her job, then, starting with watching her draw her flowchart, through Yfandes’ eyes so that he can understand her language.

Eventually they have a draft and can ask Savil over.

Savil joins them. 

"I feel like I missed several steps in the story of why I'm supposed to be meeting with you," she says dryly. "Van, can you–" Vanyel gives her a mute pleading look, "sorry, actually, Bella, care to give me the rundown?" 

She waits for a nod from Vanyel but then says, I've taken over Vanyel as a patient from Lancir. Lancir did a lot of stuff, and I'm not confident of the interactions between his stuff and my stuff, so I have a plan here - apparently if I look at it your Companion will be able to interpret it for you - for clearing it all out, keeping Vanyel a combination of unconscious and asleep while I get some replacements in, and proceed from there according to a more conventional schedule.

“Oh.” Savil glances at Vanyel to gauge his reaction, and then lights up. “That’s wonderful. I’m so glad. All right, kechara, let’s have a look at this.”

Flowchart! And he wants you there.

"Oh. Of course." Savil gets the characteristic look that everyone does when Mindspeaking. "...Shouldn't be any problem. This is really detailed! That's so interesting – where did you even get the idea to draw it like this?" 

...it's called a flowchart and they're common where I'm from.

"Huh. I should really sit down with you sometime and find out all the other things that are common where you're from, I can already think of all sorts of areas where this would be useful. Any kind of meeting about complicated decisions where we don't have all the relevant information yet... Sorry. I'm focused." 

It's okay. In the last dimension I accidentally lived in I had to tell them about glass and the wheel.

Savil laughs and then focuses.