Redsand Canyon you enter at your own risk, so don't be surprised

Glaukos loomed over his target for a second before she retaliated, and even if he had anticipated it, Aquene's strike was fast and hard. She hit him square in the jaw by launching herself up, and the jut of her shoulder knocked his head up and back immediately.

A tooth went flying free, clattering against the earthen floor. Glaukos barely noticed that for all the ringing in his head. It was more than Germanicus had ever done to prove his own superiority - and earned a touch of respect from the auxillia.

It also served to enrage him; the boy thought himself free of the abrasive, abusive tendencies of others. That he had made himself impervious by serving Mereo and working so hard on himself, and yet this puny girl had managed to hurt him.

He grit his teeth and lunged again, trying to strike her down with his forepaws and pin her against the earth.