It was a difficult decision, but he couldn't leave the drow here, and asking one of the two sphinxes to stay behind was unfair to them. So instead, it was him, the drow, the sphinxes, and Blossom, unless the Princess had need for her, that left to meet with Meridia the next morning. Despite the urgency of the mission, he diverted them to meet up with the Lord, as he had given his word, and even without the binding on him, he would have returned. He did, however, approach with only Blossom beside him, to relate what little he had learned, before retreating to rejoin the others and head toward the flower.