Dreth's messenger disappeared south while Hajin sent the provisional-rank wagon toward town behind two covered bodies.
Hans remained with the eastern-post runners, leaving Orin to survey their routes before the vanguard's three-day deadline.
Hajin walked beside Juna through the damaged field road, checking every ditch Mara had marked during inspection.
The clinic held all six wounded militia when they reached town, with Vella directing treatment despite her burned arm.
Marrick waited outside the registry with a defense ledger plus a manor key unused since Hajin's arrival.
"The office cannot survive another command meeting," he said while indicating the chair split during the cellar attack. "Every signed witness page needs protected plus guarded storage space now."
Hajin accepted the heavy iron key from Marrick's open palm. "Use the existing manor hall, since that building has stood empty since we arrived."
