Devaguea spent the extra time getting his expectations for his workers back in line with reality, and was far more cordial when he finished. He did apologize for his apparent rudeness, but he had been... 'raised' where explanations were required, and questioned, and if the explosion happened before you could finish the questions, then you were tasked to figure out faster explanations with a whip to the back. The pay question made him look at the calendar before chuckling. "Yes, but just barely. One more month and you would have missed the start of the pay year, which would have resulted in being cut from the rolls. As is, I would advise to finish and be back before the end of Gozran."<br/><br/>Now that the cartographers were done, he spent some time helping Cynthia set up markers that warned of 'wild magic ahead,' and added his own warning signs beside them. Once that was done, taking the rest of that day, the group turned and took a more leisurely pace back to the capital.