Daijin scowled at the firebender laying on the ground from his position a few steps away, a position he had taken to give Dahenahi some room.<i>I was afraid he would one of my father's minions.  This entire encounter reeks of their involvement.  Were they here to work with the Dai Li agents...or something else?</i>"This man," Daijin began slowly, considering for a moment how much he could give out without it sounding as if he knew too much, "seems to be a minion to<i>that</i>man, the traitor of the Fire Nation.  I believe his name to be Daisuke, and his forces to be dangerous.  We should turn this one and the others that are still here over to whoever watches over this area."<br/><br/>Staring at the firebender with wary thoughts, he'd thought for a moment he'd seen recognition in not only his eyes, but several of the other combantants as well.<i>But that's foolish, as no one should know of who I actually am.  To anyone but my father and his closest guard I am nothing but a skilled swordsman of the Fire Nation...and nothing more.</i>Still, he worried over the gleam he saw in some eyes.<br/><br/>Taking his eyes of the firebender after he realized he'd been staring for too long, he turned to flash a formal smile at the waterbender as he bowed slightly.  "I hope you are unharmed miss," he commented.  "I had encountered Master Lawan here on the outskirts of this grove here, and was thus slow to notice the sounds of what appears to be an ambush."  It now occurred to Daijin that he really didn't know anything about what had gone down, other then an overly wrongly proportioned group of firebenders waging combat against a single waterbender.  As far as he could tell, before that they were attacking villagers.  "My name is Daijin.  As far as I can tell, you are a good person to aid villagers being attacked, even if the odds are stacked against you.  What might your name be?"