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Innocence
Her hand whizzed past his head in the blink of an eye, narrowly avoiding smacking the right side of his face, as she pointed beyond him toward the farthest corner of the air temple. His eyes followed. Did she have this entire place memorised or something? After all, she couldn't even see right now, let alone know what direction they were facing. There was something odd about this girl.
"Onwards, my steed!" she demanded lively, her voice ringing in his ears. He was ever so glad she hadn't decided to kick his sides with her heels while she was at it; he was no ostrich-horse.
Wincing at the sudden pitch, he headed in said direction. It wasn't as if he particularly fancied carrying the young earthbender around, especially with her strenuous demands. No, he was merely smart enough not to disobey her many commands. She would only jump from his back the instant he did and attack him, which didn't appeal greatly to the young Fire Nation Prince. With his own bending powers currently... unavaliable, he wasn't very likely to prevail in defending himself from her assault. And it wouldn't be overly fun to suffer the wrath of the girl.
He sighed and shifted her weight on his back slightly, trying to rid himself of the numbing feeling that had started to grow over the last few minutes. "Remind me why I'm doing this?"
"Because you burnt my feet," she replied simply, bluntly even, as if the answer was painstakingly obvious. He felt a pang of guilt stab at his chest. He really hadn't meant for that to happen. It was an accident, hadn't she accepted that yet? He took a guess that this must be her form of revenge for that and his face formed a scowl. He picked up the pace, sincerely hoping that this wouldn't become a usual occurrence.
(Sadly, the Prince's hopes were in vain.)
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