When morning came she got up with a deep stretch and a satisfied groan. There really wasn't much like a good sleep after spending the day traveling. Making her way across the desert had been pretty tiring on its own, but the extra travel that came along with exploring the cave as well certainly added an extra bit of exhaustion. However, that didn't stop her from waking up early as she had become accustomed to doing during her time as a General with the necessity of getting up early to start her patrols. She'd let herself sleep in a bit more here and there since moving into the Hallows with Resin, but still - some habits died hard. They set out as soon as they were both fully awake and had caught themselves a bit of breakfast and once again she let Aranea take the lead in picking their direction. They continued moving further west and soon came across a very flat stretch of land that oddly had quite a few borders and rocks scattered around. There was a noticeable dip around the edge of this place as if it might collect water when it rained. Right now, in the middle of summer, it seemed quite dry, but when she placed her paw upon the surface she realized it still had an oddly soft, muddy texture to the silty dirt. "Talk"

Location: Traveler's Lake As Tamsyn rose, Aranea stayed still with her eyes closed as she had been awake for some of the early morning now but didn't want to freak out her new companion. She'd wait until after Tamsyn stirred and stretched before slowly opening her eyes and taking her time to raise her head and eventually her body. As they were ready to continue their scouting, Aranea still avoided going too close to Lirim just as a precautionary measure, but she knew Tamsyn had no intention of leading an attack towards them. At least for now that was, but Aranea couldn't see the gentle woman wanting to march through the lands in a blood shed. Aranea didn't hesitate to walk across the soft soil of the once-in-a-while lake, her neck tall as she scanned the perimeter for any signs of life. "Usually in the spring time," She broke out of the silence, "The rains will make a large shallow pool of water across here." She hadn't actually explored what laid inside the invisible lake but had seen the land from Lirim especially this previous spring. Walk "Talk" Think

Tamsyn looked up at Aranea as she explained how the shallow lake would fill during the spring time and she nodded with a bit of understanding and realization. Of course, that made perfect sense. More rain during the spring would certainly allow for such a thing to happen. Right now during the summer it of course was the opposite case where there was less rain and hence left this lake bed dry - if a bit muddy. Since Aranea blazed the tail for them both by walking out across the lake bed, Tamsyn followed suit and let her dark paws walk over the soft ground to follow. She walked over to where one of the boulders sat, her mint eyes drifting from one large rock to another curiously. She had never seen rocks randomly sitting out in the middle of a lake like this. After a bit of closer inspection at the ground around them, she noticed that a few of them had what looked like a trail drug through the mud beside them. She tipped her head to the side with confusion as she looked closer. It very clearly was a path the size of the boulder it led to, but she just couldn't wrap her head around what could possibly a path like that. These rocks were really large - surely they couldn't be moved... or could they? "What else do you know about this place?" she asked, glancing over to Aranea again. If she had been around it enough to know that it filled up in the spring time, then maybe she would know enough to be able to decipher this mystery. "Talk"

Aranea also ventured over to one of the large boulders that had wedged it's way across the dead plains. Viewing as Tamsyn had but working her way over to another. "Umm," a bit of a drag as she thought, but she really didn't know much else than what she could see from the pack. "That's about it." She continued to scout to another large stone, sniffing and peaking under it's ridges to find an odd placement of Ayahuasca growing from underneath. "I bet this only grows here during the summer, it would be too flooded in the spring and too cold come autumn." She still looked out over the vast landscape, not seeing any prey that she may have occasionally spotted throughout the spring. "And I think I've seen a couple donkeys wander through here before, but seeing how shallow the water was I can't imagine they'd want a taste of hot desert water here." Walk "Talk" Think

She had hoped that perhaps her travel companion would be able to shed some light on this odd land, but alas that wasn't the case. It seemed like this place would just continue to be a mystery for now. Perhaps she'd have to come back out here at a different time of year so she could see it with the water filling the lake and come to watch for any changes in the rocks themselves. She couldn't imagine how they could possibly move, but all the evidence certainly pointed toward that possibility. Tamsyn came over to look at the plant life that she had found, surprised to see anything growing in this otherwise fairly barren landscape. She certainly wasn't very well versed on plants in general, but she could understand how plants probably wouldn't survive when they were covered in water. She blinked with surprise at the mention of donkeys and chuckled a little at the thought of a herd of donkeys wandering through here. "Yeah, that's true... I imagine the water here probably isn't all that pleasant. Just warm and full of mud." Certainly not what she would opt for if given an option, but perhaps when desperate times came to desperate measures she might be singing a different tune. "Talk"

Seeing as Tamsyn would agree, Aranea would move on down the trail of the strange boulder heading north. Aranea had spent much time here in the west but unfortunately her depression had bound her to actually go exploring. Luckily she stayed out of trouble and didn't need to go out and search for herbs for wounds or illness or anything like that. She just found a place with her Lavender and settled down. Still, she could help Tamsyn better understand the western lands as best as she could as she explored the grounds themselves as well. "Should we move on?" She questioned politely, a flick of her head in the direction of her companion but she was more occupied keeping her paws off the trail of the boulder as they walked. They'd move on north hopefully to a more lively area of the hot desert lands of western boreas. -Exit Aranea- Walk "Talk" Think