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Roku, Sora, and Touma were gathering water at the oasis. Good think it wasn't a mirage after all, thought Roku. As he capped off his water, he sat back and rested for a moment in the shade. After a few moments he heard a small scuffle near the rocks on his right. Lifting a rock, he saw a fair-sized scorpion. "Ah, geez, little water, hot temperatures, and now we have to deal with these little," Roku let lightning coat his fist before smashing it into the critter, watching it's shell break under his blow like an egg shell, "pests!" He shook his hand to get the scorpion slop off it, then tucked his water away. "Come on, guys, let's go someplace more favorable in terms of climate." He noticed a faint dried riverbed leading away from the oasis. "At least the water will be colder" he said to no one in particular as they ran north.