Zain had several gourds of water.  Through the journey, he took the occasional sip and made sure that Windrider drank lightly of it as well.<br/><br/>When they settled in for the night, Zain gave them each a bar wrapped in a leaf.  IT proved to be dried berries and nuts held together by honey.  “I brought enough for a reasonable journey,” he explained, “But if we start to get short we can break these in half and they'll still sustain us quite well.  Water we need to be cautious with.”<br/><br/>When they'd eaten. Zain rolled out a long blanket of woven yellow fibers and laid it out on the sand.  He patted the blanket next to hm invitingly while looking at Windrider.