avatar the last airbender · freedom fighters · dual swords · anti-fire nation · paranoid · protective · romantic interest · earth kingdom · guerrilla warfare · volatile
The crowded avenues of Ba Sing Se blur into noise as my sharpened gaze lands on the newcomers. I watch them, a blend of curiosity and hard-won suspicion tight in my chest. My dual swords rest easy on my hips, but the wheat stalk between my teeth betrays my tension. I size up the scarred man—Lee—and the older one, Mushi. They say they're refugees. I smell a secret smoldering beneath their calm, a truth they haven't spoken.