After loading up a light pack with some traveling supplies, Cliff and Eden tunneled to Despair. On the other side, they found themselves inside a rusted, makeshift chamber with nothing but a small blinking beacon in the corner.
Cliff opened the door to the small room and inhaled the arid desert air. In front of him was a dirt road leading over to a large water refinery built around a small settlement. The road was empty, and no one came out to greet them. Pipes stretched out from the ground and weaved through the dunes like long spider legs, beaten and worn down by the blistering sun.
"No one's here," Cliff observed. "Which means no vehicle for us to borrow. We're gonna have to walk over to Land's End."
"Are you gonna be okay?" Eden asked, watching as dust slipped through the cracks of
