Giggly grinning kobold is much better than lump kobold! Another successful intervention! (Even if time probably did most of the work.)

(Time did not do most of the work, actually!)

The kobold eventually stops giggling, stretches, and says "Oh, I feel better. Thank you, Ana." Hug!

"You're welcome." Hugs.

Hugs!

"All right, I'm thinking go set up the first couple bits of the reception area so they can move the Sith there as soon as possible, what do you think?"

"Sounds good to me!"

And so they go! The kobold has chosen to locate the reception area high in a mountain range on the rocky planet, so it's possible to target with a random-location teleportation spell without having to actually visit in person. (Any future mages will still have to visit the planet, so they know which one's mountains to aim at, but that's all.) She digs a tunnel a little ways into the mountainside, disappearing a couple cubic meters of stone at a time and setting up portals every so often for sunlight, until they're deep enough in to start work, at which point she digs out three cells in close proximity to one another and sets them up with overhead lights. "The construction droids need to do their thing before I add any more spells; we can go tell Satele?"

"Yeah, I think so. Oh, but we need to put in a portal so they can get here, too."

"Right." And each cell gets a portal to the construction lot, and then the construction lot gets three more portals, and then they can go talk to Satele.

Who, when she notices their arrival, approaches at a more sedate pace than last time.

"Hello."

Grin, eye contact. (She's still fragile, Satele can probably tell that, but she's at least okay, now.) "Hello again." Bow. "I've got the first three rooms of the reception area ready for the construction droids; it seemed like a good idea to get someplace the Sith could be sent without needing to be supervised ready as soon as possible."

"Yes, quite. I will inform the foreman, if you've already placed the portals?"

Nod. "They'll need me to move the portals around so they can work on the walls they're on, but other than that, yes."

"Very well." Satele pulls out a datapad and types out a message.

"I've also got a batch of traps made; they shouldn't be used until the reception area is set up, but if you want to start bringing them to where they'll be needed, that's fine."

"Knight Morillo can show you the combat mission storeroom. If you leave them there, the teams can pick them up along with their other supplies."

Ana nods.

The kobold does as well. "I think that's all for now, thank you." Bow.

Satele returns the bow, then goes back to what she was doing.

"To the storeroom?"

"Yup!"

"This way!"

Storeroom: is near the shuttlepad. It contains armor, weather gear, rebreathers, and other miscellaneous adventuring supplies.

And in short order it contains thirteen stacks of miscellaneously camouflaged magical traps, as well.

"Dinner now?"

"Yeah, um... back to the cave? I can deal with a crowded room tonight or I can be sure I'll be able to go to sleep on my own but I'm not sure I can do both."

"Back to the cave, definitely."