Redsand Canyon backstreet's back alright

He wasn't far either.

When Glaukos came upon the scene it was to witness Kallik confronting someone he'd forgotten about almost entirely; but that face, now made even uglier, made him immediately slow down and force a grin. It wasn't a look of pleasure that shot across the young man's features - a trick to stop himself from puking that he'd learned as a child. Did you know that a full-toothed grin will suppress your gag reflex? Glaukos knows.

After forcing himself to remain composed, he lurched in to view and circled around Diesel's opposite side - whichever had the lesser damage - and looked between the deserter and his fellow soldier, waiting for orders. There was only one proper course of action that he could see; but Glaukos would defer to Kallik since he was first on the scene.

Somewhere off in the distance was Towhee's rising caterwaul.