[Blackjack would probably be more affected by it or notice it more than Percy too. As a horse or well, pegasus, he's bound to notice the severe lack of his kind as well as all animals, magical and not. Gyro knows Valkyrie has to deal with it after all, and it was plain in how excited and starved for attention from his kind he was when he met Blackjack too.]

[No animals but he'd definitely see the temple already. Hell, he would've been able to see it a little from where they started. The Tmeple was huge and while the desert's sandy hills rolled, they still weren't large enough mounds to obscure the strange, angular temple on the horizon.]

Hell no I'm not, number one, you're looking at number one here- but we're closing in on our finish line.

Real fast, faster than a bullet, hah! I'm betta' on harder ground though, sand's right foolish unda' me hooves.

[Said as he holds tight on his reins and Valkyrie starts to slow down. Gyro falls back into his saddle, sitting up as they near a small collection of rocky ruins. There's a few small toppled walls, a dried well or fountain, and small, spotty paths here and there. He slows to a stop before looking around and finally hopping off Valkyrie, letting go of his reins and patting at the side of his rump.]

Let's pick a place to set up a fire.