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Things weren't getting better at home and she doubted it would be a little while before the drought subsided and a much longer time before everything went back to normal. She was almost glad she couldn't see the devastation that the lack of water had wrought. She wouldn't have to see the dried stalks of grass or the dead herbs, but she could feel it as it crunched underfoot as she left the plains that Talis had claimed. She'd managed to find a few healthy herbs closer to water sources, but there wasn't much left and she was worried there wouldn't be enough to patch everyone up after this raid was over. Then if anyone got sick or any wounds got infected ... well she didn't want to think about it.

While things were warm in Auster she was sure Boreas would be freezing so finding herbs there would be pointless. She wasn't about to give up though so she headed in the direction of the land bridge that connected the two continents. They didn't travel very far before Nox tugged her a different direction and the tart scent of berries filtered towards her nostrils. Maybe, just maybe, if berries were growing here then it meant other things might as well.

She didn't travel very far before a series of scents caught her attention. A stale scent of a bear was around, but it wasn't nearly fresh enough to cause her to be worried. She could smell coyote, fox, and prey animals as well. She could only presume that the berries made a decent food source. Maybe the pack could hunt here? It was the fresh scent of a wolf that was the most alarming to her, but she had to reason with herself. The land bridge was most likely close by which meant it was only logical wolves came here. It didn't seem like the hunting would be terrible either.