Iktome Plains You asked me how long

Rosalyn watched him go with matching affection, though her worries now encompassed him too in part. She always seemed to miss the signs. Yet now that the hints were there, was there anything she could do? Their children were their own now and old enough to choose. She could not stop him if he chose to wander further and further from them.

Preoccupied, Rosalyn continued to pace the borders a while after.