The sands weren't bad; once you got used to them. When I was younger that's where they found me. The Elders said I wasn't even dehydrated, I had even been well fed. I guess that made me feel a little better about my parents reasoning; at least they didn't mean me to die. Still, leaving anyone in the desert was as good as a death sentence, even if you know where people are. Things move and shift, never the same. It was an indirect form of protection. Any footstep or. . .
The sands weren't bad; once you got used to them. When I was younger that's where they found me. The Elders said I wasn't even dehydrated, I had even been well fed. I guess that made me feel a little better about my parents reasoning; at least they didn't mean me to die. Still, leaving anyone in the desert was as good as a death sentence, even if you know where people are. Things move and shift, never the same. It was an indirect form of protection. Any footstep or. . .