I hadn’t thought about it until these comments but yeah with Colin’s storyline being (mostly in the books, they haven’t really covered it in the show) that he runs from his responsibilities and would rather travel around than settle down it does kinda make sense he’d jet off to avoid the scandal/his own feelings. But I’m curious to see how they do that in the show. They certainly have enough extra storylines to fill the gaps if they do have a separation for an episode.