-NO ONES POV-
The team is situated at the waterfall pond. Sokka is surveying a map. Toph is sitting with her feet in the water, moving it back and forth. Aang and you are swimming while Katara is located at the top of the lake near the waterfall.
Aang goes underwater for a moment and bends an ice cube around himself for amusement. You chuckled and spin in the water, making a small water bubble around you.
Katara: [Excitedly.] Waterbending bomb! Yeah! [Jumps into the water.]
The splash sends Aang out of the water, breaks his ice prison, and soaks Sokka, Toph, and the maps which he tried to protect. You smiled and dropped the water bubble as you waterbend the water off you. You walked out of the waterfall pond.
Sokka: [Sarcastically.] Sure, five thousand year-old maps from the spirit library. Just splash some water on 'em.
Katara: Sorry. [Wrings her hair dry and bends the water off the map.]
Aang: So, did you figure out what route we're going to take?
Sokka: Okay, we just got out of the desert, so we must be around here. And we need to go to Ba Sing Se, which is here. It looks like the only passage connecting the south to the north is this sliver of land called the Serpent's Pass.
Toph: You sure that's the best way to go?
Sokka: It's the only way. I mean, it's not like we have Appa to fly us there.
Katara: [Quietly.] Shush up about Appa. Can't you at least try to be sensitive?
Aang: Katara, it's okay. I know I was upset about losing Appa before, but I just want to focus on getting to Ba Sing Se and telling the Earth King about the solar eclipse.
Katara: [Surprised.] Oh ... well, okay. I'm glad you're doing better.
You smiled at Aang subtly whilst smiles lovingly back at you. You were glad at Aang was feeling better, but you still thought it was okay to give him space.
Sokka: Then to Ba Sing Se we go. No more distractions.
Suddenly, three refugees arrive.
Than: Hello there, fellow refugees!
Aang: So, you guys are headed to Ba Sing Se, too?
Than: Sure are. We're trying to get there before my wife Ying has her baby.
Katara: Great! We can travel through the Serpent's Pass together.
The three refugees look up in shock.
Ying: The Serpent's Pass? Only the truly desperate take that deadly route!
Toph: Deadly route. [Punches Sokka in the arm.] Great pick, Sokka!
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