Redsand Canyon the only way to do great work

Derg lay by the flowers; spent.
Recent days have burnt and blistered his pads, the harsh stones had cut into them from sprinting across the mountain range.

He didn't know what flowers would help and had tried to just use all of them. But he didn't make it that far, and had resorted to pulling a couple of them from around him and chewed them, placing them on his open grazes, hoping for some relief.
But none came.

Auriel emerged from the pass, and he chuffed, wondering where the woman had been recently.