Kiriei shifted the lizard so she was holding it in her hands instead of her mouth. No reason for the thing to suffer uncomfortably. Besides, now she could talk clearly.<span style="color: #00BFFF">"Fair enough,"</span>she said, lifting into the air with a vertical takeoff.<br/><br/>Kiriei let Jerrar take the lead this time, flying just slightly behind him. The sand must have been tickling her scales, because she felt sort of tingly. The feeling faded after a few short minutes though, so she disregarded it. Was it just her... or could she make out something hazy on the horizon. Like a very sudden, very brief change from desert to forest land. It didn't look too far, but distance was distorted in deserts, where you could see on for ages. But she was sure that the ocean must be on the other side of that forest.