"Hot." Lloyd couldn't put enough emphasis on that word. "Hot and dry. It's almost nothing but sand for as far as you can see. I thought my brain was going to cook inside my head before we got to the oasis." He paused. If Jean didn't even know what a desert was... "An oasis is a spring that's in the desert. It's the only place you'll find anything green."

Unfortunately, what Jean took for granted, Lloyd had never encountered in his life. Now it was Lloyd's turn to stare, nonplussed, uncertain what he was talking about. "What are titans?" he asked. Jean made it sound like it was something everyone knew, and it wouldn't be the first time Lloyd knew less about something than people thought he should, but all he could draw was a blank.