Kai slowly raised her head from where it had lain in reverence to the fallen Avatar. She heard the angry words, but her eyes were set only upon where she had seen a trail of light go. The spirit of the Avatar, she felt certain of it. And where it had gone, she could see, and that meant she would be able to see it again. And that, more than any hurt feeling was most important.<br/><br/>Then the Badgermole took his master with him into the quiet of the earth that had borne him. Ro Pan's sister crying out in frustration and loss as her brother disappeared before her. Kai's heart breaking once more at the sight. She slowly rose to her feet, for once, not bothering to dust herself off. Ro Pan's twin sister turned from them telling them to follow, and mounted up to leave.<br/><br/>"Many pardons honorable ones..." She began in her soft voice, but two of the party did not seem to hear her. Her face scrunched up for a moment, wondering how to garner their attention, and then relaxing into a soft calm demeanor. She clucked for the catdeer, and looked to the remaining party that was being left behind. "If you will forgive my rudeness and timing, I believe we<span style="font-style: italic">all</span>must depart to the Fire Nation. I know which way the spirit has flown."<br/><br/>She did not speak again, simply climbed atop her catdeer, clumsily, and rode out after the retreating backs of the other two. Her hand patted the catdeer's neck and she clucked her tongue a few times to increase his pace, in an attempt to catch those that had left. A sense of duty, and urgency lingering over her shoulder.<br/><br/>More than a small part of her wondered why the spirits had seen fit to end Ro Pan's story here, and why they had warned her at all. But another part suspected that she was needed here to see the trail that had been left behind, and to follow it quickly. Perhaps the events had been completely unavoidable.<br/><br/>But even that cold comfort did not stop her tears from falling once more at the thought of Ro Pan's kindness to her not so long ago.