The rain just wouldn't stop. She felt bad when she informed the herd he had never seen the Desert flood like this. She has even traveled to the Dunes to find it very wet there as well, but not near as bad as the Dessert was getting. She worried her chance at good luck with Liland and his herd was over. Why had he really traveled here to claim this land? She still had questions, but she had felt close enough to allow the coupling to happen the other day.

She wasn't sure if she should regret it or not, but Libra wasn't too pleased. All Libra knew was her love for her deceased sire. Desirie wonders what this life held for her after Capricorn. She was his lead mare, a lead mare before him, and now it was difficult to sit back and watch a new herd move in. She may have joined this herd, but she did not want to intrude too far into its structure.

Squeals broke her train of thought as she runs towards the noise. Her body responded before her legs, carrying her towards her crying daughter. Libra has reached sexual maturity now, but still, she was a baby to her mother. Desirie was committed to protecting her above all else. Maybe that was a reason she joined this herd. She finds her red daughter stuck ankle-deep in some sand. Desirie approaches cautiously and finds the wetness of the sand has compromised its durability. Libra was sinking!

It wasn't her first instinct to call for help. Instead, she begins reaching for Libra and grabbing at her mane. "Stop moving!" She yells at her child with a mouth full of hair. Desirie begins to pull, but it might take more strength than she has to pull her grown filly from the sinking sand.