Herbalists' Cache and i'd beg you, but you know i'm never home

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He tries to tell himself this isn't all because he needs a break — he's not that selfish, right? It feels like it anyway. He's made sure to let @Delight and @Eris know where he's going; they're both too sick to really stop him anyway. And they need the herbs. Watching the cats start to falter and die has done nothing for morale, he knows — he can't let his packmates end up the same.
So he takes Korei, who seems the least sick, and gives the Maplewood a wide berth on the way to their destination. He has no desire to run into any Morningside wolves right now — perhaps Sebastian would be useful, but he's not willing to chance it. When they arrive at the forest he'd had in mind, he pauses and glances at Korei, speaking for the first time since they'd departed the Sanctuary. We'll have to hurry. I — it's probably not a good idea to be gone for too long. Even if he really, really doesn't miss the smell of cat pee.