“Huh. How does that - work? Did someone make you to be that way?”

"Lawful good outsiders are a product of our plane, and our plane is lawful good. We can't be a different way. Lawful good mortals can, they could...decide they didn't want to be lawful good anymore?" It sounds very sad. "But I cannot decide that. Some archons think about the philosophy of evil a lot and it gives them a more complicated nuanced understanding of lawful good but it could never make them stop being lawful good."

Shavri nods. 

No one else speaks for a while. 

"I think we'd like you to stay for a while," Savil says finally. "While we think. And then we may want to send you back with a message for your summoner. And Vanyel. ...I suppose you can explore a little, if you want. As long as you stay inside the walls that are around the Palace grounds. Can you do that?"

If it does she'll be within casting range of it at all times, not that she's sure her shields would actually hold off an attack if it struck for some reason. The Truth Spell hasn't faltered at all while it describes how it can't do unlawful or evil acts, but...this entire situation is bizarre enough that she no longer has any idea what to believe. 

"I can do that! I will stay inside the walls that are around the Palace grounds." It is hoping that means it did not mess up and things will be okay.

"If we want to ask you more things, how can we call you?" 

"You could come and find me if you do not have any kind of communicative telepathy!"

"We do have communicative telepathy." :Can you hear this?: 

:Yes!: it responds cheerfully. 

...Its Mindspeech or equivalent is a bit disconcerting, but Savil tries to keep that reaction off her face. "All right. Thank you for delivering the message." 

"You did a good job," Shavri adds, with a somewhat forced smile. 

it bounces happily. It waits a little bit longer before darting off to closely examine a blade of grass.

Awww. Leaving aside the question of whether it was fed truthful or complete information before coming to deliver this message, the archon is very cute. 

Savil puts up a privacy-barrier on the meeting and several additional spells against various kinds of eavesdropping, in addition to the permanent shields already on the room. 

"So," she says. "What are we thinking?" 

Thoughtful silence. 

"Well, it's telling the truth," Katha says eventually. "So...I guess there really is another world." 

"I guess there is. Which..." Savil strokes the tip of her nose, thoughtful. "Which - should probably make us more inclined to believe Vanyel's initial story." 

"But something else is going on. Or he'd have been in touch again since then. He must have a lot of updates." 

"He hadn't said anything before about the armies of Law and Good. Or the afterlife plans." Shiver. "I think you're right. We're not getting the full story here." 

"Which means someone is holding back," Katha agrees. "I don't think the archon is lying, so - its summoner must've decided to give it incomplete information. For some reason." 

"And Vanyel too." Shavri stares vaguely past Savil's head. "...I have a feeling not everything is - going well, over there." 

"I think I agree. I'm not sure what we can do about it. We could send the archon back with questions, but - if they were being evasive the first time, I'm not sure I expect that to change." 

"We could demand they send Vanyel back," Keiran points out. "They're claiming the reason they haven't is that the locals will - if they die over here they won't go to their afterlives, is what I understood? We can promise them safe passage, and surely they don't have to stay long, they could drop him off and leave again." 

....Slow nod. "We should at least consider it. It'd...tell us something, about whether they were cooperating or not." 

"And about Van." 

The Heraldic Circle doesn't make a decision right away. They have a lot of thinking and discussion to do.