The joint expedition left the temporary camp at first light.
Three forces moved together across the reflective ground: crimson robes of the Veil, pink and violet of the Twin Petal Pavilion, and the ash-grey armour of Commander Rhea's small liaison group. Isolde's living ships had been left behind at the more stable platforms. Here the ground itself was too uncertain for anything larger than what we could carry or walk.
The landscape changed without warning.
