If I find a ban-hammer item on the ground, and decide to take it, should I complain when I'm punished for taking it, and not notifying a GM? I'm doing something I know I'm not supposed to do, I should prepare for the consequences.
After all, a week is a light punishment for anything really.
If you're running away from Aesterwald there is nowhere else to go but through the cloud temple. With all the things people have gotten away with in the past this is an absolutely ridiculous time to be strict instead of actually looking at it logically.