She chuckled quietly. That was certainly true. Unlike their neighbors, they had plenty of precipitation. She had to wonder, though, why the Cleyrans had decided upon the desert after living in Burmecia... or was the rain even present a thousand years ago? It felt as if she would never learn now...

Shaking her head at herself, she focused on Steve's remark about the blackout. "It seems as if it's been a few hours already," she said. "I suppose we'll just have to see when it comes back." Either that, or wait for the people in charge to come tell them how long it was expected to last. She didn't know if that was common practice or not, but judging by Steve's comments, it didn't seem as if it was.