"Follow the river upstream, that should lead you inland and towards the less populated areas where you can fly swiftly and discreetly, it will be a taxing route, but far less risky in terms of exposure"<br/><br/>The tiger says, indicating where they were on the map with a claw, pointing vaguely in the direction of the last bit of the Amur river as it made it's last rush down towards the ocean. Upstream the map traced a long sinuous line along the China-Russian border before it's main tributary dips into China while all the other major tributaries reached northwards into Russia. The potential of Tamara's joining was one the tiger would indeed refuse, her activities and company here too important and appreciated by the big tiger and what more the simple logistics of having a non-flying creature accompany the flying gryphon on the journey were daunting.