Starglow Basin bathroom attendant let me right in - she was a big fan

soto’s thoughts fell close to osiel’s though once a woman had made him pay dearly for his underestimation of their gender. 

he wonders if fiamma’s determination was the same fire that fueled marciela. this earns her the cutting inspection of his single remaining eye. 

he grunts, motioning towards the distant brim of the pass. osiel relays the conversation, giving soto some pause before he makes up his mind. 

iré contigo. he declares, looking to osiel to see if he’d object to his segundo traversing the desert.