[Lloyd will handle that well enough; he's good at people, on an instinctive level, if not his academics. Raine glances away, putting her faith in him and focusing on Kratos for the moment, since there are logistical issues. She stretches out her hands one by one, undoing the white-knuckled grip on her staff she has had.]

[She wants to say something about the historical value. What her students have been through, and the lives doubtless already lost, stop her, as much as she'd like to argue.]

... you're sure?

No, you're right. I suppose we'll have to be exceptionally certain we leave no one behind, that's all. How shall we signal you?

[She still misliked the thought of the loss of all that could be learned from the shrine, but those who were here right now had to come first.]