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"Get down!" She shouted, lunging into Azula's lightning stance. Sweat beaded with the effort of shifting the spinning vortex of water she'd coiled tightly around her hands; the compressed water remained unusually heavy despite the hours of practice honing her new bending technique.

Dozens of water whips arched from the contorting mass of steaming water; still, she continued to exert pressure on the individual streams as they bolted towards her target, static electricity crackling at their ionized edges.

Unlike before, there was no explosion.

Koh's distorted laughter echoed from within the shadowy vortex. Katara turned to Li and Nán. "RUN!"