Captain Shelley
Jourd'Althea, 1st Duema
They couldn't see much of the new city they were entering through the wooden slats of the caravan walls. Buildings were made of adobe-like material, like many of the buildings in Southland, but these were the same color as the desert around them -- a sandy, orange-yellow, not the white and red of Southland’s adobe. Where could they get clay, so deep in the desert? Southland's clay came from the banks of the Smoke River or, sometimes, the Three Sisters. There were no rivers in the desert.
An answer came when they were flung into the prisons. Up close, she could see that the buildings were old -- ancient, in fact. It was amazing any of them were still standing.
At least they're cool, She settled as best she could in the cramped cell. The prison wa
