man, these rocks are tall

Her sister's encouraging and daring words begin to convince her. Both eyes still up at the rocks towering over them, Gem contemplates a few more seconds before she takes a few steps closer to the rock pillar. Red dust is already covering her paws, nearly up to her ankles, there was no sense in avoiding the dirt any longer. Besides, if they were careful, what would the harm be? She swallows hard and looks to Arachne who is already at the base of the thin trail that leads upward toward the sky.

That is really, really tall. Gem thinks to herself, hesitating once more behind her sister. "Well, o-okay, we can try," she whispers, her legs shaking visibly. The pup moves forward anyway, tail tucking between her legs and ears folded halfway back as she begins to follow her sister farther up the rock's face. Even from a few feet up, she can begin to see more spreading out through the canyon. From below, everything looked red, but she was starting to see the different shapes and shades of all the different red rocks.

"How do you think these things got here?" Gem asks, her voice still shaky like her legs as they continue upward.