Moonspear it gets better

Neither of them had ever been to the ocean alone, they confirmed. "The most important thing is to not drink too much of the water -- it's very salty and won't quench your thirst in any way. It'll only make you thirstier." This was a thing he had grown up with, but Charon realised from watching other wolves at the coast that it was not something all wolves understood naturally. Some would drink themselves into a stupor and he wouldn't have his children dehydrated because they didn't know about the ocean's whims.

Then as they exited Moonspear and started making their way North Charon continued to explain about the ocean. "There is a current in the ocean's water, which means there are waves. It's important not to go too far into the water -- if you go out into the sea too far, you will get swept away and die out there." He looked at their faces to make sure that they each understood the implications of that. It was harsh, perhaps, but Charon would not lose any of his children to the whims of the ocean.