A single fish gasps and flaps on cracked desert ground, scales gleaming with leftover wetness as it struggles against a vast, dry horizon. The image contrasts slick aquatic texture with arid land, capturing sudden displacement and the idiom's awkward vulnerability.

bewildered fish on parched earth

Ashkii Begay, half-body in a pressed uniform and flat-brim hat, rests a hand on a trail map and guides visitors with steady authority in clear light; sandstone (#c97b4a), rust (#d94f2b), cream (#f2e8d5), forest-green (#35524a), earth-brown 

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