Melody nods. :...This could be a genuine species difference? I mean, no Healer is happy that someone is hurt and less able to function, but - watching someone get better in front of you, over time, and knowing that I helped, is one of the best feelings in the world for me. I have to work hard for it, usually, some bits are difficult, but that makes succeeding even more satisfying, right: Sigh. :It may be hard to explain because we're aliens who think and feel differently. Just - can you take my word on it, right now, that there are humans and Companions who would volunteer to keep you company and wouldn't find it unpleasant and difficult on net?: 

<Then that would be better than imposing on the Andalites.>

:That makes sense. Do you have a preference between staying in Velgarth awhile versus being near Earth?: 

<There are no Yeerks here.>

:That's an excellent point. In that case, how do you feel about staying in Haven awhile, down in Valdemar? The Companions have a nice big field all to themselves, you can join them, and there's an entire Collegium of trainee Healers who will be delighted to check in on you - they're so incredibly curious about the aliens, but you should tell them to go away if they're annoying - and I'll come by every day for a while. All right?: 

<I assume that whoever has the command on Earth will want to know what I know of Visser Three's activities but if arrangements can be made for that then this seems reasonable.

When they kill him I want to be there.>

Melody has no idea what to say about the last bit, so she just nods, ducks her head. :We can make arrangements for that, there are going to be lots of Gates around between places for the next while. I'll talk to you again soon: 

And she waits a beat to see if he has anything else to add before moving on to the next Andalite. 

He does not. He is happy; she said he was fixable.

Melody passes on in Mindspeech to Nayoki that she's going to need a Gate to Haven soonish, and then finishes triaging the other Andalites - any of them especially worrying? 

Talik has morphed a bird and flown off. None of the other ones are especially worrying. 

Can she...find him in Mindspeech range? 

Nope! Faraway bird.

Wow she is really not sure what to do about that. She did have the chance to glance at him briefly before she started the conversations and he didn't look suicidal then. 

She asks one of the Mindspeakers to try to reach a Herald on the Border and have the Companions keep an eye on whether he turns up in Valdemar (but not to talk to him, for now, if he wants to be left alone he wants to be left alone.) And she has a silent Mindspeech conference with Nayoki, so that updates can be passed back to the Dome ship. 

Nayoki finishes with the last of her patients who need set-commands cleaned up and/or hugs and crying, and contacts Vanyel. 

<Andalites assessed. Alloran is in bad shape but coping better than expected and wishes to stay in Haven with the Companion herd. Talik turned into a bird and flew away but Melody was not very worried before that and thinks he wishes to be alone. None of the others are taking it exceptionally badly> 

It's noticeably more tiring than the regular comms spell within-world but Vanyel can manage it fine. <Thank you> And he passes this on to Matirin in Mindspeech. 

<That's good to know.> 

He is listening in on human governments, trying to figure out how urgently they need an explanation and what explanation will go over best. Ideally he wouldn't explain until the Yeerks have surrendered their hosts, because people are going to start panicking over whether their loved ones are Controlled, but they gave the Yeerks a month and they might need to say something sooner than that.

 <The humans all have their Gifts back and most of them want to stay in Velgarth and return to Leareth's territory in the far north. Emril, the Healer, wishes to come back to Earth immediately because she promised the Yeerk who infested her that she would help Heal her former host, who has cancer. Leareth also wishes to return immediately to debrief on what happened with Visser Three> She does not say anything about whether she considers this a good idea or not. 

<We're ready for him, if you have anyone who can Gate back to the ship, or if you want us to pick you up from the surface.>

<We could use a pickup, for that, all of the mages present here who can do interworld Gates are very tired> Nayoki herself has just removed gnarly set-commands from a dozen people and she's exhausted and has a headache. <Melody wants to go with him. She points out that among other factors, Leareth expects you to want him directly mindread on what happened, and that seems better done by someone not under his command> 

Vanyel passes this on to Matirin with a slight wince. He spends half a second considering that he's not in Leareth's command structure, and then remembers that this would involve reading Leareth's mind, which sounds so awkward. 

<We can do it ourselves, but - yes, it seems useful to have Melody here again. I will arrange a Gate in ten minutes.>

It turns out that no one present meets all the criteria of 'has enough reserves left to Gate a few hundred miles', and either 'has been to Haven' or 'can do blind Gates from a map.' A message is passed down the Mindspeech relay asking for help. 

An elderly silver-haired human Gates over five minutes later. "Er, I would rather not hold this long - who's coming to Haven?" 

Nayoki is distracted talking to Leareth but replies in Mindspeech. :Alloran, the one who was enslaved by the Yeerks for decades, Leareth somehow convinced them to return him without being asked. Can you send your Companion to help him get over to the Gate?: 

:Oh, is he...: Savil decides not to ask.

A few seconds later, a white horse that is definitely a person trots over to Alloran. :I'm Kellan, Savil is my Chosen and she's got a Gate to Haven over there. Can we head that way?: