She didn't need to have worried much about Gordie.
Not only was he behaving, but Alistair had put him to work, and the two mages were currently doing a full upgrade on the magical infrastructure of the outbuildings in the compound.
They all had basic magitech in them, mostly from the previous occupants. But now that Alistair had another Advisor with him who had the relevant skills to work alongside him, they could start doing the parts that required two people working together.
The fine-tuning of the spells on the hay loft, adjusting the repair spells on the structures, should they be damaged during an attack, and some tweaks to the mechanical warhorses, so that they were up to the standards that the two powerful mages considered acceptable.
They were decent quality military equipment, despite the hard use.
But they were never made to the very highest of artisanal standards. The nation that made them simply didn't have an advanced enough magitech infrastructure for that.
