Lo sand had pass time in the Cold desert. It was the first he gone to and not the least. He helped establishing villages to survive at first using his budding nature skill and he repaired their infrastructure when they were broken. He had visit Nihilesh and other notable place of the Desert. He hates how Nihilesh was structured being too much like Aian in their caste-like structure and the living machine. That had not stopped him to stay some time as a worker in the first tier. Surviving in the wilderness is not an easy thing when you start and there nothing wrong to be curious.
He was in the return with his missing leg when he cross road with Mechanus’s Caravan. They were in the return also. Lo Sand propose to trade some Shin and his expertise in the wilderness and repair for a transport. In this time, his mechanical leg was more of a crutch in spite of his repair. It was difficult to move with.
Muur was an acquaintance of his, one of the rare former poor in fact, but he wasn’t ready to accept an invalid. Lo Sand haggles with him using his experience against wild beast and know where to find unfound deposit that Lo Sand wasn’t interested with.
Muur accepted. During the travel, (if Mechanus want) He bond with Mechanus after he repairs the platform. Lo sand was impressed by him. The latter even “repair” the mechanical leg better than Lo. It was like he had a normal leg again. Lo sand found Mechanus shy and maybe afraid of something but ready to help if needed.