No he really shouldnt do that. He really shouldn't. It morphs into the thought 'I'll say it in a few minutes'.

That seems quite appropriate.

He waits a few minutes to say it, he's in no rush.

But meanwhile, "Do you have a feel for how they work now? It gets a bit blurry with complicated, vague oaths - like, what does 'the good of all mankind' even mean sort of thing - but now you have a feeling for what oaths do."

"Yes. It's an interesting sensation. I think this should work nicely for diplomacy."

"Great! Diplomacy and farming may not be exciting but we have a saying back home. A gun's useful one day out of a hundred - a potato's useful every day."

"A pearl of wisdom. I'll have to persuade some of the more skeptical among us, but we should be ready to meet by tomorrow."

"Yay! I'm probably going to take a bit of a break. Long couple of days. If anyone seems especially likely to volunteer to be subject two..."

"There's a promising lead, but she's less urgent."

"Well, you're not going to keep me from them right? Anyone who wants to be cured shall be cured. Eventually when I have the energy for it."

"When you want her, we'll bring her to you. Do geases take as much energy as healing?"

"Not nearly. They're not quite trivial, though."

"I see. I'll take the day to plan, then, and persuade, manipulate, and bribe, and then geases to aid in diplomacy will be the priority over healing, if you find yourself lacking the energy for both."

She raises an eyebrow at him. "I do have other things to use it on."

"I'm hardly issuing orders. The details of how best to use your magic aren't really up to me. I'll focus on the administrative tasks here, and hopefully make your job- your thankless service- as a diplomat easier. Thank you for this, while I'm on the subject."

"Just as long as the hardly-issuing-orders bit is clear. Glad we can work together instead of against each other. Bye for now."

The hospital returns to their new normal. 

This is a time of some upheaval, with all these new policies. 

The dissenting opinion is mostly kept quiet.

She goes back out to keep trying to bootstrap the 'bandits' to a sustainable food source.

Mr. Gourd Farmer, might you know other farmers with different crops she might be able to get seeds for?

He doesn't actually know if any of them are still alive, or still farmers, but he tells her how to get to the nearest farm over, which used to have corn.

She'll scout the area from the air, then, feeling it out with magic senses.

Besides the bandit camp and the hospital, there is indeed another farm, and smaller houses clustered around the camp. 

Does the other farm seem inhabited, is the question. Crops in the ground?

The farm does seem to be in use as a farm.

Nobody comes out to greet her, with or without a friendly firearm.

She can shout, "Hello" quite loud. If no response seems forthcoming in a minute or two she'll peer into the house with far-sight.

Her shouting seems to upset the residents, if the way they try to flee through the back door is any indication.

"I'm not here to hurt you! Peaceful chat!"