Desert pullout 3

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We pulled off the highway onto a gravel expanse, the engine ticking as it cooled in the dry heat. Around us, nothing but ochre earth and scrub, the horizon a shimmer of mirage. The silence was absolute, broken only by the faint sigh of wind through creosote. We sat on the tailgate, sharing a bottle of water, watching the sun bleed into the desert.