Samuel stayed by Talia's side occasionally monitering Samara and Ariel's progress. The 'cleansing' had to be carried out secretly without alerting any hostile forces in the vicinity so they had to be careful about it.
Steve along with the night owl team also arrived by noon. Talia was still sleeping peacefully so he left her security in their hands to finally leave her side.
By then, Samara had fulfilled her promise and was getting ready to say goodbye to Ariel for good. He wasn't present for it as he thought it was best to give them space but after it was done Ariel was silent, occasionally gazing at something in the distance, completely distracted.
Samara had left her with heavy responsibility but more than that she made her promise not to get involved with anything dangerous but Ariel knew she couldn't do it.
This was the only thing she knew and walking away from it would mean her losing her way in life.
