Rosewater Oasis bloodstream

Near-death had awakened the longing for greener lands, cool and wet, where she would seemingly rather face the bitter cold of oncoming winter than risk heat exhaustion ever again. He could see the determination in her features, but he thought perhaps if this had simply been her first voyage into the sand lands, she'd judged it too soon. 

She offered him anything, though she had already claimed to deny him of one thing he wanted. 

"I would like it if you stayed," He said, willing to test exactly what she meant by anything. "I would show you the desert's hidden delicacies, teach you to walk only where the sand is cool. This Oasis will flower with life, but I've so few to share it with." He said. "Start new, here." He suggested, his voice cool water.