Redsand Canyon drain the whole sea

Hope this is okay, I can remove Hime if you'd prefer!

Rather than climb back down to the Vale after her run-in with the fey-wolf, Hime hiked the range surrounding it. She found that the view it afforded her was of great significance to her. It felt as if she were a goddess looking down upon her perfect creation - except it wasn't her's, she hadn't created it, and it was far from perfect. But it gave her something to think about. The machinations of her brain kept her company as she toured the range; she plotted, making considerations and trying to imagine every possible outcome to her scattered whims.

A few days of "alone time", a couple of nights spent ruminating beneath the stars while navigating the Sunspire, and most of Hime's contemplations had met an end. She found it harder and harder to focus the more she worked her body. As a woman who had never been given the opportunity for such physicality, the experience was something of a novelty. When the mountainous terrain became copper-toned she lost some of her interest in it. The earth became gritty, almost slippery. The pale tone of her coat took on a rusty blush she found unappealing.

So Hime wasn't in the best of moods when she realized how trapped she'd made herself here in the canyon. It wasn't like the mountains — nor anything like the oasis that the Vale now appeared to be — but something opposing it. More rugged, sparse, and utterly deserted.

Except... That lump over there. It didn't look like much at first glance. But it was moving, slinking along from puddle to puddle, or what Hime presumed to be puddles. There was a strange sound like heavy rain from time to time which coincided with pauses in the lump's progression; the closer she got, the stronger the silt smell in the air became. Considering how her last encounter with some no-name mutt had gone (poorly), Hime wasn't inclined to push her luck here. She could not back off with ease either, though. The path behind her led to more sand and red rock.