In the Ancient Ehyut Empire…
After a day and night of sleep and vacation, Ismera and Sett got into a caravan that was leaving for the capital and hitched in a ride. They planned to visit more Tombs—after all, Sett was still mulling about his failure.
But they planned to visit the capital before that.
The days became nights as they travelled and Ismera and Sett bonded through the proximity. She taught him her random skills every day—how to cook, how to find water in a desert, how to distinguish between types of cactuses, and so on and so forth. She also taught him about the symptoms he should be afraid of.
Hallucinations in desert heat, mirages, dehydration.
Sett, wanting to impress her, learned everything religiously, and she praised him for it with nights spent with her sleeping in his bosom.
