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At her response, he growled, low and quiet.
"Still as pleasant as ever, I see." Sunsnow sighed before continuing.
"I had caught a rogue scent in our territory, followed it onto a frozen-over river that shattered beneath me, and was swept away."
Well. That's the long and short of it, at least.
He was not, of course, going to tell her why it took him so long to return. Not even if she asked him outright.