<span style="color: #00BFFF">"Sorry,"</span>Kiriei laughed.<span style="color: #00BFFF">"I guess... with all that's going on with us, the search for the time elder... humans just really don't feel like my primary concern at the moment."</span>It was true, her mind was elsewhere. She was busy thinking about how she would act when they met the time dragon. It was easy for her to be brave with the others, because she was pushing to meet the time dragon, but would her drive run out at the last moment?<br/><br/>Kiriei shook her head, trying not to think about the negative possibilities. She would just say what she wanted to say and ask what she wanted to ask and hope for the best. After that, the situation wasn't within her control anyway, so there was no point worrying about it.<br/><br/>The time it took to fly from the village to the nearby stretch of woodland was short, and once they got into the rhythm, it felt like an even shorter amount of time until they passed over the woodlands completely and came face to face with the desert.<br/><br/>It was... intimidating. As far as the eye could see there was nothing by barren, cracked, brown dirt. There was no water visible on the surface, and judging from the lack of plant life, there wasn't much below either. The ocean wasn't too far off, and its slight breeze was their only salvation from the heat. What made Kiriei almost nervous was really the lack of<span style="font-style: italic">anything</span>being there. She wasn't sure if the earth elder's place of residence was something she would notice easily... or if they'd already passed it.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00BFFF">"...I guess we'll have to keep our eyes open,"</span>she said to Jerrar, hoping her nervousness wasn't showing too much.