Dry prairie landscape and a bleak travelling companion help a young woman discover her own calm water. More
Three hours on a bus from Moose Jaw to Swift Current -- crossing terrain that used to be the bottom of an ocean, now long dried out. Arny worries the best friend she puts on that coach is in danger of losing vitality, and comes up with a strange remedy.
The two female characters come across very strongly in this piece, although there is little physical description of them. Their personalities resonate in the dialogue, which is terse and realistic.