Nayoki nods, and turns back to Carissa. :Can you please explain what happened in between Leareth's capture outside Iftel and - this?: 

Carissa is sitting so still. 

We teleported back into Iftel, set up in an extradimensional space linked to Iftel, and interrogated Leareth. We learned about his organization here and some of his plans. My commander decided to fly back to Chelish-controlled territory to report this right away. The rest of us were to remain in the extradimensional space and wait for pickup. We sent some people out to get Leareth food and more water but they were captured by Leareth's soldiers. I fled with Leareth and set up a new extradimensional space. 

That evening the space was found by representatives of Valdemar and the Star-Eyed Goddess, who had travelled into Iftel apparently with Vkandis's permission to grab Leareth. I broke the extradimensional space in a way that would, in my world, have stranded Leareth and I harmlessly in the Astral Plane, but the planar geometry is different here so it stranded us in the Void, and Leareth is a commoner so it was really bad for him. He Gated us back to where we'd left from, and we were captured by the Valdemaran and Star-Eyed representatives. When they took us out of Iftel Vkandis communicated that we were - expected to abide by an agreement? Which the Star-Eyed's representatives thought was an agreement that we belonged to the Star-Eyed?

Anyway Valdemar was horrible and everyone there sucks so I told Leareth I'd try to get him out, if he'd commit to - not holding me prisoner and letting me go back to my world where I can fix the belonging to the Star-Eyed thing if it in fact has metaphysical effects. He agreed on the condition I take him too, to Absalom not to Cheliax.

My plan was to work out a single-use Teleport item enchantment and then figure out the hours when everyone without a Ring of Sustenance was sleeping and while unobserved melt down my Ring of Sustenance to build the Teleport item, and then use it when I was next assigned to Leareth to get us both out. But before I had worked out the enchantment, the King's bastard daughter wandered in and felt bad for us and wanted to help, and removed enough of the Mindhealing that Leareth could Gate us out. And she wanted to come too. 

Jisa, following along by reading Carissa's mind, makes SUCH a face at 'everyone there sucks.' 

Nayoki is making so many faces! She winces at the Void part, hands tightening on Leareth's shoulders. Her eyes go saucer-wide at the mention of the Star-Eyed Goddess and the 'agreement'. She blinks at Carissa's description of Valdemar, and then just stares at Carissa in bemusement when she adds that Leareth wants to go to Absalom. 

And then her eyebrows rise and almost vanish when Carissa gives Jisa's identity. 

:- She wanted to come? Why?: 

Well, if I were a kid in Valdemar, I'd want to get out too. It's horrible. Everyone there is horrible. - except Jisa, she concedes at Jisa. I think I'd prefer living in every single other place I've ever heard of except Awaiting Consumption.

Awwww! Jisa likes Carissa too! 

Leareth has been following Nayoki's half, since she's including him in her Mindspeech; that doesn't hurt too much. Thoughtsensing Carissa, though, is beyond him right now.

"We should send her back immediately," he says. 

"No, don't! I was in the middle of talking to Carissa about a thing!" 

Nayoki side-eyes Carissa. :What were you telling her, exactly: 

Carissa was trying to explain how Jisa can accomplish her goals (rather than other peoples' goals), since no one in Valdemar is going to teach her that. She has absolutely zero expectation that she or Jisa get any input into what Leareth wants done with Jisa, though.

:Well, if she was the one to remove the - set-command, I think? I cannot really tell now - that certainly explains some things: She scowls. :Is the odd compulsion on him your magic?: 

Wow. Rude. 

It's Golarion magic. My commander cast the spell. I cannot remove it. It will last eight days from when it was first cast.

:Which was - three days ago?: Nayoki looks deeply unhappy about this. :I will have to figure out if we can break it safely, without harming him. What does it do: 

He can only take actions I or a delegate have authorized in the last hour. I can delegate you and anyone else you want but it'll have to wait until he can hear me either because he has Thoughtsensing or because I have a translation spell.

Nayoki looks impressed. And also concerned. :Is that...standard, for taking prisoners? I cannot imagine he has been pleased about it. ...Also, why did Valdemar additionally place set-commands on him? That alone seems more than restrictive enough: 

Because Valdemar SUCKS

Presumably because the geas is under my control and they wanted him under theirs. A lesser geas is standard for taking prisoners in field operations. The caster can dismiss it.

Leareth has not said he's displeased about it but "I am going to make you regret this as soon as I can move" is a pretty unstrategic thing to say to someone who you want to rescue you.

Sigh. :The caster, in this case, is your superior who returned to Cheliax to make a report? ...In any case, we can figure this out later, once Leareth has had medical attention. Is it safe to move him?: 

The caster is my superior who returned to Cheliax. 

In Golarion injuries either kill you or are treated instantly and you are back to perfect health and she has absolutely no idea whether Leareth is safe to move.

Nayoki had stopped including Leareth in her Mindspeech because he didn't especially seem to be tracking and it was clearly hurting him. 

She addresses him out loud instead. "Leareth? Were you injured in any way other than backlash?" 

"No." He considers it for a moment. "...I do not think so." 

"I think I want a Healer to look at you before we move, then. I will pass a message and then raise a Gate in a couple of minutes once they are ready." She gets out her communication-spell artifact to boost her; the spell isn't that hard, at this range, but no point in wasting energy that she'll need for her second Gate in ten minutes. 

"Mmm." Leareth closes his eyes again. He's wishing he could lie down again, but they're just going to make him move in a few minutes, and it's not like the stone floor is especially comfortable. He's pretty sure that his hip-bone is bruised from lying on it while he was unconscious. 

Nayoki finishes the spell and puts her artifact away. "Leareth. What should we do with her?" Gesture at Carissa. 

"She has a name," Leareth answers without opening his eyes. "Carissa Sevar. And - I made an agreement. We will return her to Golarion."