Shirley blinked at the orb. "Ok, but....how do you know it's right? What is that exactly? I mean how do you know it's not just pointing in a random direction or even pointing at all? How do you know it's not just a decoration? I think we should stop for a moment and explain to us what you know about that orb..."

She followed right behind the rest, bringing up the rear, but not by much. She didn't want to get separated. "I pray you know what you're doing Emilia. You could easily be walking us to right our dooms...forever lost in the sand..."

Shirley frowned and shivered, "And if we run into more of those...things. We should probably devise a plan to take it down. We probably won't have the convenience of a cliff to push it off of...."