With their stay at Oirthearhall concluding, Will flew back to the capital atop Ailbhe, causing him to arrive a few hours later than the rest of the group. By the time he reached Eastwarden, guests for the banquet set to occur that evening had already started to arrive, but since it was an event arranged and hosted by his uncle, Will didn't stick around to greet anyone. Instead, after checking to ensure that Lyra and Arianna had settled back in without incident, he boarded a high-speed elevator that took him nearly two thousand meters belowground in less than a minute.