Vanyel giggles and quickly bites it down, it doesn't really seem like a laughing matter actually. He accepts the earcuff. Puts it on. Looks focused for about thirty seconds. 

"...Did it! Took a few tries but I got it." Frown. "He wants to ask a lot of questions, so I might go for a ride with 'Fandes while I answer them, er, if that's all right with you." 

"Yeah, that's fine. I'd rather you stay in my natural range in case something happens and I want the earcuff back suddenly but you can go a fair ways without being too far."

"Sure, we can just circle around the field nearby." 

He heads out to do so. 

She floats up to sit on the roof, pulls out her scrollbook, and does error-checking.

He comes back about twenty minutes later. "Bella, I'm so confused about everything right now, but I think he buys that I'm really me, there are a lot of things Leareth couldn't possibly know about my childhood. He says he'll touch base with the others and decide if there's any immediate help they could use with the war effort. Also he's really worried about the Leareth who got tortured, but I told him that you've got to be one of the most qualified people to deal with that in any of the worlds we know about." 

"I mean, that's probably not wrong but it's also just - really hard to come back from, so I don't know that the prognosis is any good."

"...That makes sense." 

"Does he want me to call back right away or another time, did he say?"

"He asked for tomorrow morning, if that's all right. It sounds like they have a lot going on." 

"Makes sense." Sigh. She collects the earcuff. "Can I grab some mana off you as long as I'm here before I pop back? - actually I guess it's an open question if I should be here or there while no active work on alternate Leareth is ongoing. Sayshen'd be more comfortable here and I could fill spare time with healing and whatnot."

"That makes sense. Healers' would be really glad to have you back. Maybe you can ask local Leareth about it with the earcuff? Oh, and sure, you can have my mana." 

Yoink. Hey, Leareth, is it possible I should move back into Haven at least while we're having things very boring for your, uh, alt?

:That does make sense. You have valuable work to do there, and less here. I would feel more comfortable if you were contactable in an emergency, but I suppose I can reach the local Vanyel with my usual communication spell, now that we have met: 

Yeah, that makes sense. I'll make sure my room hasn't been reassigned yet and stuff and if that's all ready now I'll grab Sayshen and check in with you - once a day?

:That would work fine for me:

When's good?

:I care more that it be a consistent time than when exactly, but - two candlemarks after dawn?:

Sure. Talk to you tomorrow.

She walks over to Healers'.

Melody is at the centre station talking to Aber. She turns. "Bella! I wasn't expecting you back for ages - did something go wrong?" 

"Yes, my spell mistargeted! I don't know yet if it was a freak accident or a mistake in the design, though it did get me back to Velgarth all right. I thought I'd see if my room was still available so I can do something useful and be somewhere familiar while I work on that?"

"Still available and all your furnishings are still there," Aber says absently, "we don't get that much turnover here." 

"Cool. I guess I'll move right back in and resume my previous schedule."

“Any idea of how long you’ll be staying before you, er, try leaving again?”

"I expect at least a week but it could be longer."

"Noted."