Whitefish River You-you-you-you threw my sandwich away. *MY* sandwich?

He was so relieved that he almost missed what she said. Simply happy to have her at his side once again. But he did hear what she said. ...I didn't go very far from the borders, I promise...from the border... "Wait...what?!" He pulled away from her suddenly, confusion marring his face as he looked at her. "Who were you with?" He thought he had spoken to everyone. Had he missed someone. Aside from Speedy's children, and Ira, Emrik was pretty sure he spoke to everyone. But surely she didn't mean to tell him that she had LEFT the territory, WHILE heavily pregnant, WITHOUT him, and WITHOUT any protection of any kind. He knew that couldn't be true. He just knew it.....right?