"We need to go to the main-land." Iroh told them, once they had managed to get a camp ready. "They will soon start to search the islands. But we must not be detected. So going by Appa is not an option, if the weather stays clear." "Then how do we do it?" Sokka asked "It's not like we can walk there…" "And our ship is gone too…" Aang pointed out "My glider cannot carry as many people, and I don't know how far it is…" "They will spot a glider too…" Iroh explained "No, we have to find another way. If we are lucky, we will have cloudy weather by tomorrow, but if not…" "Maybe Toph can make a tunnel underneath the ocean…" Sokka suggested "Or Katara and Aang can bend the water around us, as we walk underwater…" "It's one to two days by ship to the haven." Iroh sighed "We should aim to the outskirts and we would be on foot. It would take weeks… I doubt your friends can keep up bending for so long."
"But they can help change the weather to our liking…" Zuko put in "Katara and Aang can create clouds with their bending. When we go by night, no one will notice when Appa gets into the air, and we will be disguised by the clouds. We can go down in some wooded area, or something like that…" "That's actually a plan… Are you up to that?" Iroh turned to Aang and Katara. The two benders exchanged a look and then nodded. "Good, then let us rest some more and we will leave at dawn." Iroh decided "The sooner we leave the better."