Yue's eyes narrowed as the Avatar told him to lower his blade. He didn't agree with the orders given to him at all. People tended to be more talkative when their lives were at stake. As easy as it would have been to disobey them, he wouldn't shame the Fire Nation army by ignoring a direct order from the Avatar. With a quiet, irritated, huff, the soldier lowered his jian. He took a step back, eyes still trained on the Water Bending woman and her friends. If any of them made a move against the Avatar, they would discover just how sharp his blade was.
Personally, Yue didn't believe the woman. What were the chances that three Water Benders would happen to be on Ember Island, especially during this era, and just so happened to be in the same place as the Avatar they were trying to hunt down. With his position as a soldier, and now bodyguard of the Avatar, he just couldn't allow himself to trust any of them. But at least the Water Bending woman seemed more intelligent than the other two. "Just say the word and these three will be dealt with however you please, Avatar." Yue stated calmly, looking at each of the three as he did.
The intentions of the two trapped in ice were pretty obvious. But the woman who had trapped them in the first place had yet to state her intentions clearly. She had requested that if she died her people be stopped. Which would happen no matter her fate. The fact that she was dodging around the Avatar's question of what she was doing, made Yue trust her even less. If that was possible at this point. He had admit that her being a Water Bender had something to do with his lack of trust. But in this time, he couldn't really help it.
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