She pouts, cutely, though clearly a bit annoyed by his deciding to abandon her, for now, though she's clearly plotting her revenge, even before he leaves the room.<br/><br/>___________________________________________<br/><br/>Draiss steps through the portal to find himself along the banks of a river in a wide, sandy desert, near one of the few green places her can see, a narrow swatch of plant life, clinging desperately to life, amidst the barren wasteland around it. A quarter mile upstream, a man is ferrying a raft, weighted down by heavy, cut stone, slowly poling his way down the river. He looks to be mostly human, aside from some cat-like features; two more human males ride along the raft, as well, dressed only in loincloths, sitting on opposite sides of the large, stone blocks, likely to help ensure it doesn't move, during the trip. Much further downstream, almost another four miles, is a large city, where he can sense a massive building project, not far from the city grounds, though what it's supposed to be is too soon to tell.