"Fire Nation?"

"Yeah - it's been a little bit since they raided us directly, and normally they'd come in the fall, but I don't really fancy them realizing there's still any waterbenders here."

"...I'd better go wake Appa up, then."

"There's someone else in there?"

"Kinda technically? Appa's a sky bisoncat."

" - A what?"

"A sky bisoncat. I guess you probably don't have those here."

"Nope!"

"You're in for a treat. Be right back." She hops over to whence she came.

Appa grumbles and tucks their nose under two of their front legs.

Poke. Pokepoke. Pokepokepooooooke.

Grumble groan.

"Appa come on we have to go before the Fire Nation gets here." Again.

One large eye slides open with a much angrier groan.

"Aaaappppppaaaaa...."

They grumble and slowly clamber to their feet, and then streeeeetchhhhh - 

Yes! Here we go.

She doesn't exactly hop energetically into the air - she's tired, alright - but she will lumber up.

Amaruq, meanwhile, has clambered over the rim of ice to look down into the crater, possibly spoiling any planned reveal. "Woah," she says, examining the sky bisoncat with clear surprise (and interest). "It can swim?"

"If they feel like it!"

Huh. Sky bisoncat. That's. Yep, that's what this animal is. No other word for it, really.

"The ice's dispersed enough that it shouldn't be a problem for something that size." Just for their little canoe.

"How about it, Appa?"

Mrow! (That's probably a 'yes.')

"Great! We should go pick up their stuff first..."