Quiet, dozing desert fortress clings and blends to the curves of the sand Gateway, respite, demobilization city
"Why is it so dark in here doc?" "What happened?, someone tell me what happened" "My eyes! What's happened to my eyes!?" "What do we do with his arm? They can sew it back on now right?"
Just beyond the border trench -- long black gash across the desert (but why is it so hard to speak?)