The wind seemed to be lessening, but Pit didn't trust a true visual, not with this monotonous grit. The HUD confirmed his suspicions, however: the gusts were losing speed and coming more irregularly now. He dropped a mental marker for Certainty on the map. He didn't want to leave the once-shiny ship without at least giving her a chance to take him back off this hellhole of a planet.

Ravenna quickly led them to a narrow, switchbacking path carved into the plateau wall. Pit went ...