“You're going to try,” Eivind answered him when Blue asked if they were to become mountain men. After the brief exchange with Alaric, they were off, going back around behind their home where hopefully they wouldn't be intercepted by anyone else. Blue was walking close to him, asking if he was sure about this. Eivind snorted.<br/><br/>“I've left for shittier reasons, haven't I? It was about time for a walk, anyway.” He managed to smile. That was at least what he'd say before he was gone for months on end, because sometimes that was what a walk turned into.<br/><br/>“The mountains are as much my home as my cabin, and sometimes it's good to get some space. It really isn't that much of an inconvenience for me, not so much as all of this has been for you. I told you that I'd keep you safe. You're not safe here, so the logical option is to go some place that I know you will be.” It was simple for Eivind, and he didn't feel the need to over complicate it.<br/><br/>“It's fine, Blue. Please. This isn't a mistake.” Clearly Eivind didn't want to hear anymore of it. They were going, and he wasn't going to change his mind once he felt the need to head out. Eivind liked being outdoors and it wasn't like this was the first time he cut himself away from the pack. If they forgave him after he came sulking back to them, they would eventually forgive him for this time. Once things were more stable between him and Blue, Sieger wouldn't have an argument to stand on.<br/><br/>“I bet when you asked to get out of the house more this isn't what you'd imagined,” Eivind commented, realizing he was dragging Blue through the dense forest yet again. He didn't know how much Blue's body was going to be able to handle. He still wasn't fully recovered, and most humans didn't attempt to cover the ground they did. He imagined the further they got, the less chance Sieger would bother with following them. The problem had essentially removed itself, and they were together, and he'd made that obvious. Blue hadn't ran off alone to share all of their secrets. It wasn't ideal in any sense, but they were making due. Blue was receptive to him, and that was better than he imagined would from what he remembered of the conversation he had with Blue to explain their connection.<br/><br/>“Well, if we were trying to give each other distance before, there will be none of that out here,” Eivind told Blue, though he thought it went without saying. “As we reach the mountain range, there will be other predators out there since we don't patrol those areas.” Plenty of other things too, that could cause harm to a human if they both weren't careful. “No werewolves, I should say. We'll be out of reach of both Sieger's territory and any other nearby pack.” Namely Lofgren's.<br/><br/>“I guess plenty of time to do get to know each other better, since that seems to be an issue for you,” Eivind commented, recalling their conversation the day earlier that had put him on the spot. Eivind pushed them that first day traveling to try and make up for their later start in the morning. As they were setting up camp, it started to rain. It served somewhat as a blessing, mostly because the rain would dull their scent, but it was probably more a curse. They wouldn't be getting a fire started as Eivind had hoped, meaning they couldn't cook the meat Blue had packed. They hadn't constructed any sort of shelter, so it took only a few minutes to soak them to the bone, and without the sun, it wasn't much different than when they'd left the river, only they didn't have a heated car coming to them.<br/><br/>“Dammit,” Eivind grumbled, trying to find a tree that at least partially protected them. Eivind was pretty sure he didn't own an umbrella, so it was probably too much to ask that Blue had packed one.