Swapped?

Mira's shock was palpable. She jumped to her feet, her hand covering her mouth. "A rocky wasteland… an oasis… don't tell me!"

Alex looked at her, confused and concerned. "Mira, what is it?"

Mira's mind raced as she tried to piece together the fragments of her own experiences. She had to know for sure. "Alex, when you entered the Primordial Expanse, did you land on a land filled with nothing but rocks for as far as your eyes could see?"

Alex nodded slowly, his eyes narrowing, still red from all the tears. "Yes, I did. Well, I entered near this landmass. Where I really landed was right on the edge of an ocean made of quicksand, and I luckily saved myself from sinking and suffocating to death thanks to my new talent. Turns out it wasn't so useless after all…"