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"I hope we can settle by Fall," She said softly. "Before all the leaves drop. It will give us time to settle a den, make ourselves comfortable, before the ground starts to freeze but still I think, it is something that should not be rushed." She said. "Out there, will be a place for us, among others, I think. Like the many roving clans from which I come." 

The journey North to return to her homelands would take at least a year- and depending on the time of year, even longer. Their best chance would be to find somewhere local, amongst those who would take in kindly strangers.