Moonspear it would take a strong, strong man

"Alone," she agreed, her voice gentle. "Only for a few weeks, though. I'm going over the mountains to Easthollow, and then I'll go the long way 'round to get home. I want to see the ocean again."

She stepped forward to give her sister a deferential nuzzle, and then stepped back with a guilty look on her face. She'd given @Lyra an extra cuddle and kiss that morning without telling her why, and now she would ask Hydra, "I'm going to go. Tell everyone not to worry? I'll be back before they have time to miss me."