Redsand Canyon exordium

set after this thread as they would have left akashingo quickly <3 no posting order!

the departure from pharaoh's palace had begun uneventfully. the shadows grew but the former neb did not stop. he knew that for the sake of tamar, @Arsenio would wish to continue as far from akashingo as possible. it was a three days' journey, he had told the pair, three days with two brief pauses.

but the trio would be delayed by another two days.

winter caught them in its lash. germanicus, well-versed enough in weather to see it approach, determined that they would stop in the shadow of the sunspire. they could not travel in the snow which flowed down upon them. he would sleep in watches with the greek. on the fourth day, the imperator set them off again.

but a gale chewed through the stone spires and its tail was ice. again they waited. asking arsenio's help, germanicus hunted mice beneath the snow to ensure that tamar was fed.they were not followed from akashingo.

the night had darkened on the sixth day before the canyon spread before them, its redstone ledges dusted with snow. germanicus led the pair through the deep rocky mazes. here the storm did not reach so far. shaking out his silver ruff, stamping snow from his coat, the eagle halted outside the densite he shared with @Ruenna. he called softly for her, tones polite as yellowpaint gaze shifted to arsenio, and lastly to tamar. "you will be at peace here," germanicus grunted softly.