Jun crossed his arms, letting the hilt of his sword fall back into place. He hadn't even needed it. "So dodging an attack isn't a combat move?" he asked rhetorically. "Imagine it wasn't a foot but a fist there, or worse a [i]blade[/i]. What do you think would happen then?"

After surveying the still muddy patch of ground, he continued, "It might've worked – a strong emphasis on the [i]might[/i] – if you make the ground under your opponent's muddy too. At least they won't be able to dodge as easily." In all honesty, it was the same style of complicated move he'd been prone to trying in his youth, the only difference being his uncle had been there to tell him if it was bad or not. "Now come at me again, no mudslides. I want to see how you use that hammer of yours close up."

"Or was I wrong in asking you to come take down the Fire Nation?" Maybe a little bit of bait would help smooth things over.
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Suyin nodded, rubbing her gloved hands together to spark some warmth in them before moving to the back of the group. Sen was already waiting, twisting her pigtails around her fingers. "Sen! In and out tactics, you hear me? Benders only." The girl smiled cheerily in response. She wasn't completely upset about being placed in the back – that was where she belonged, after all – but she [i]was[/i] worried about her brother being so close to the front. And Lee being there too... it made her nervous. She didn't like those she considered [i]hers[/i] being placed into danger. 

Falco would be fine though. Definitely.

"Onwards," she said quietly, gesturing to the nearest door that Lee opened fearlessly. The room was dark, incredibly so, and she found that she could only barely make out the shapes of old clothes and blankets that proved the pirates had been living there recently. "Watch your footing – we've encountered claw traps before as well as–" Lee let out a yell in alarm as he stumbled over a cracked bottle and Suyin's heart nearly stopped in panic. A few seconds later, she remembered where she was going and continued shakily, "Tripwires. Don't shout like that!"

She could hear the sound of murmuring coming from somewhere nearby when she realised they were closing in on the other edge of the room. "Nearly there..."