Gareth walked through the door way past Wallace, quickly uttering, "Thank you." It was still unsettling to see those from Lyoki still trapped in the castle with some other foreigners, meanwhile other dignitaries and ambassadors and the like had left on ships and caravans much earlier in the day, for it was a reminder that a Lyoki snake killed the late commander of the Thistle and that they were remained under investigation. Wallace's anticipated departure wouldn't come as a surprise to Harker—after all, regency was always busy—, nor would it come as a disaster, since the young man himself had to report to Walden with his findings and likely would be called elsewhere as well.