Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
She wasn't sure what she was expecting as she rounded the corner, but a flying bison tongue wasn't it. "Appa!" She laughed, dodging a second lick even as Momo landed on her shoulder, rubbing enthusiastically against her cheek. Burying her face against the bison, she breathed deeply, craving the familiar smell of clouds and freedom.
Unfortunately for her, Appa needed a bath.
With something between a laugh and a cough, she untangled herself from bison fur and curious lemur limbs, leaving the duo to bask in the setting sun as she followed her guards inside.
Three solemn faces greeted her.
