Rubbing his head ruefully, the soldier steps forward. "Oh, terribly sorry miss, just doing our job."
As you and Seth step away from the soldiers, he rounds on the thugs, and begin berating them for their supposed mistake.
"You idiots seriously expect us to believe that one girl beat you all up? For the Fire Lord's sake, she can't be older than eighteen! I don't know what your agenda is, or why you wanted us to bother this girl, but I'm not going to be a part of it."
The thugs are about to angrily respond when the soldier whips out his sword and points it at them.
"Now, I've been giving you four some leeway, since you helped us round up some of the Earthbenders, but you've gone to far. If you put one more toe out of line, I'll let the executioners know that you four need to go comfort the Earthbenders you captured in the Spirit World, you catch my drift?"
The four men grumble, but wander away without raising a fuss.
Then the soldier turns to you. "As for you..." He stops, and takes a closer look. "Hey, I know you! You're that one girl I saw in Lord Ozai's palace, his messenger, what was your name again? Jaisha Jin!"
He stands up straighter, almost at military salute. "My apologies for not recognizing you earlier, my Lady. How may the Fire Nation serve you today? Do you have a missive from the Fire Lord?
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