The corners of Yue's mouth twitched upward when the Avatar acted so awkwardly to have a soldier speaking to him. It was entirely different than he was used to, but not in a bad way. It was almost refreshing. Yue stopped saluting and stood in a much more neutral stance. "Don't worry about treating me like a soldier. Just treat me like you would anyone else. He said, still in a serious tone, but one that was a little bit closer to a normal person than before. "Or if you would like, just completely ignore me and I'll tag along behind you. In that case, you'd only see me if you got attacked." If the Avatar did decide to ignore him, things would be a bit less comfortable. But that was what Yue was trained for, and it didn't matter to him either way.
Some sort of commotion immediately put him on guard, his grip on his staff became loose, so that he could swing it around with ease if needed. Golden brown eyes scanned the area, and locked onto a Water Tribesman who was running at him. On closer inspection, it was a woman. Before Yue needed to do anything, two Ember Island guards tackled her to the ground. Not before she got the chance to speak though. If Yue was less well trained, he would have laughed out loud. This woman thought he was the Avatar? It raised a few questions in his mind. All of which she could answer very easily. He held a hand up to the guards, signaling them to keep her there and not take her away just yet.
There was something about the way she had been running up to them that made Yue think she wasn't a threat. While he did know that not all Water Tribe members were evil, because she was a member, it still made him wary. As much as he would have loved to interrogate her, he didn't answer to the Fire Lord at the moment. He took direct orders from the Avatar. So with a reluctant sigh, he simply said, "You have the wrong man.". Then simple stepped out of the way to let Avatar Masaru handle things. His staff was still at the ready though. If the woman tried anything, she'd find that her stay on Ember Island would be very short.