There was nothing they could do for Gaspode at this point. Although Obrana had the power to raise him, she required a valuable diamond in order to complete the ritual, so they used his own sheet to wrap him and placed his reduced form in Kurtallas pack. As they had been followed here by the drow and the Mothers did not know how they had been found, they reasoned that they needed to put more distance between themselves and the crypts. Kurtalla reminded the group of the ranger cave that they had used before they approached the crypts. It was about six hours distant. They missed the horses and Jito and Fonesca did not have spells prepared to summon mounts for them. Rather than wait here to change their arcane selections, the Mothers elected to push south on foot.
The journey to the ranger cave was uneventful, although nerve-wracking. They waited there to catch their breath but decided to press on further. So, after a brief meal, they left again. Kurtalla found them another resting place further south and Obrana made this cave safe from intrusion with a glyph to guard the entrance. With these precautions in place, the Mothers took debating their strategy. Siosiann and Obrana revealed that they needed some time to study and that this would give them new abilities. Siosiann learnt how to cast a Teleport spell and taught this to Fonesca, they both also learnt Clairaudience/Clairvoyance from the spellbooks that they had, but realised that its range was too short to help them picture their apartments in Arable more clearly. Kurtalla used the time by summoning a black bear, Ursus to be his companion.
When the two mages were ready the party successfully teleported, in two groups, to Arabel. They arrived in their apartments as they had expected. Kurtalla found a place for Ursus in a granary that was almost empty in the barracks area. The purple dragons decided not to comment. The Mothers all made plans for what they would accomplish while they were in the safety of the city.