Redsand Canyon did he go on down the mountainside, and leave you all alone?

we can fade here unless riley wants to ask more questions or smth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ty for the thread! twas fun :D

Colin wasn't sure what he had expected. Not comfort, not any strain of sentimentality. Most likely silence, or a grunt that fell in line with the rest of his brutalist architexture. 

A bitch. Some small part of him-- once microscopic, now noticeable-- is tempted to agree. It is crude, spiteful, ugly. He's dismayed at this part of himself, and stamps it down, buries it deep. His haggard eyes find Riley's. No expression on his face, other than a slight tension in his lips, on the verge of saying something and then changing his mind.

With that, he collects himself and leaves to continue his aimless walk around the canyon, as if the conversation had never taken place at all. Only his mangled footprint remains, like someone had put out a massive cigarette in a red ashtray.