Redsand Canyon paulatim

The subject of fathers was sensitive for the auxillary. His own father's betrayal still hurt more than he had words to explain. He had sufficiently buried it somewhere dark in his mind so he wouldn't have to feel anything about it. But he wouldn't change the subject. 

The fact the imperator had not returned home made Kallik wonder if there were things in his past he wanted to avoid too.

But then Germanicus changed the subject and the auxillary was grateful. The commander wanted to know how he would find this tree again in three days. Kallik looked around. We are just south of the sparring arena, he started. The he walked over to the tree and found a large root sticking up from the ground. The soldier dug at the root until there was a large, deep scrape in it. 

He turned back to the imperator. I know the the general area and I marked the tree so that if I come back, I know which one it is. He wondered if Germanicus had a better way.