"I've never seen a desert," Veldyzh said thoughtfully. "I spent many years being a treewalker, but that was when I was younger." She gestured over her shoulder with her pipe, at the vast jungle. "That's when you go searching for new things, in there. The whole continent is like this, you know. But treewalking is a young Arybar's job, not one for me. But oh, some of the things you would find."