The words had hardly left Spieden's mouth before Sahalie started practically dancing with excitement right under her nose. The corners of Spieden's mouth relaxed and tongue flopped out in a smile as she dodged getting hit in the chin by the bouncing cub. Her dark tail started wagging in earnest, glad to see how happy something so simple had made Sahalie. Her "goodbye" hadn't gone as she had expected, and rather shifted into something else entirely, but she couldn't say she minded. Disinterest and duty had begun to give way to something else in her feelings towards the Tainn children. Although it was her "getaway", with Sahalie it would still be interesting and novel enough to show the girl what lay beyond their borders.

While Spieden was sure the girl didn't want to hear any answer but "right this second", Spieden did need to clear it with the girl's father, and by the time she tracked down and spoke with the man, evening would be on its way. "As long as it's fine with your dad, we'll go at the crack of dawn tomorrow." Spieden told her. "I'll see if I can find him right now, kay?" She said, reaching down and nosing Sahalie's dark forehead before loping off through the woods in search of Triell.