Redsand Canyon that’s why i’m calling you back on my way through.

The stranger - Qiao they called themselves - did not want to be left alone. They were soon following after the boy, which forced a choice upon him: escort the woman silently or let his natural charm drive her away.

Usually he would give zero fucks and let his abrasive nature win; she looked hardier than any other visitor he had seen so far, and older, which placed her somewhere within the respectability realm close to Germanicus. It was likely Qiao was here by the general's request.

Hungry, he decided to answer. Glaukos looked over the woman as if she could be a meal, but turned momentarily away to begin his search for a cache, whether she followed or not.