The Sentinels unliking

They had not found the star which Ruo had hoped for. Aiolos did not truly think they would have found it, imaging that upon hitting the ground, it burst, sending its fire and life out onto the earth around it. But he had still tried if only to entertain the slight woman at his side and to keep her company for a time. 

With the land opening up again around them, he hops over one of the many fallen logs within the deadwood and out onto open sands again. To the left is the plateau, situated beyond the sands and the long emerald grasses that came after. I've been staying there.