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She opened her eyes to destruction. Singed bark and debris rained down on the splintered clearing the explosion had created. Fires licked hungrily at several uprooted trees, casting eerie shadows through their roots.

Koh was nowhere to be seen.

Neither was a sizable chunk of the forest. She tried not to think of the destruction she'd caused, or the consequences it would bring, and savor her momentary victory; she failed. Hei Bai had nearly destroyed a village the last time his forest had been attacked. What would the forest spirit do this time? Would Aang be able to soothe him?