Redsand Canyon gigante

"si!" her eyes welled with tears; belen shut them hard and nuzzled into his rich dark fur. "pharaoh sent me to a place called — well, it was far off the coast, these islands. i was an acolyte." she sniffled and pulled away so she could look into the strain of his eyes with concern. "i was sent ashore. but when i came back, they were all gone. i stumbled onto mereo purely by accident." her small paw lifted to touch his own larger one. "you're not happy. and — your leg. what happened?"