The party all felt that they had been brought right in to a decent place to explore and learn about the radiant light elf culture. The only thing was, they were keeping in mind that they would not be staying here for too long. They had to make sure that they were still traveling and not hanging out in one spot. If they let themselves sit down and relax too long then they would not be able to keep learning more to get back to Genesis sooner.
It would also defeat the purpose of having emissaries traveling to the elemental planes. The party would just act on their behalf and then nothing would be left for the emissaries to do. Causing Genesis to become lax and inexperienced in relationships with other races outside of the world. Something that couldn't be allowed due to the fact that the party would not always be handling everything.