Jubilost actually looked relieved at the offer to head somewhere else entirely. "There's been rumors from some of the freesteaders out in that region or Pitax making moves throughout the plains. Nothing definitive, and likely just scouting forces, but I don't think I want to end up on the wrong end of a 'scouting force'. OF course, I'm certain that whatever awaits me in the desert is going to be far worse. Let me guess, enormous worms that crawl through the sand and devour entire cities off the map?" he asked, sarcastically.