[ His belief in her prompts a faint smile; she's glad he thinks so, and will do her best not to allow any reason for him to think otherwise in the future.

Ciri nods, quite literally taking the lead through the portal when they reach it. Lucky they at least don't have to make a long trek there and back. (Would've been nice to have a portal from Aquila back then, huh?)

It's a short trek from the portal to the location of the rift near the mining camp. So far, things seem relatively calm; there's a military presence, as expected, and she knows evacuations were underway at the mining camp itself, though Ciri hasn't kept track of the details. ]

Hm. Seems things are quiet right now. We might be able to get close and get out of here. We just have to find the rift's exact location.