It takes Dechen a little bit to get the song back in tune.

It's a good song!

Thanks!

But... If Dechen's looking for a waterbending master - so's Amaruq. There's no one else left in the South, but the Northern Water Tribe's supposed to still be going strong. They can look for a teacher together!

Yeah! It'll be an adventure.

Great! This'll be so much faster than paddling.

Guess that means she'll have to get used to the sky bisoncat.

It's a giant sweetheart. Amaruq can tell this sort of thing. 

Yeah, yeah. She just... needs some time to get used to it.

She'll get there eventually.

Appa's very lovable. Dechen's not worried.

Appa's already taken over Amaruq's heart.

Giggle!

She leans over the side of the saddle to pet the fluff.

Pleased mrrr!

This is going to be great.

Yeah, it will. 

Meanwhile, the Wani continues its course to the beam Zuko saw.

Her single minded intensity is possibly the only reason she spots an odd creature - definitely not native to the area - lifting off from the area around the base of the beam, climbing up into the sky. 

...Wasn't the Avatar supposed to have some sort of flying steed? A tigeryak eagle, or some such.

She wants to follow it.

Keeping up with a flying creature like that will be difficult, and they'll have to keep an eye on the engines - but it should be possible to get at least a heading.

They'll have to land at some point.

Information on the flying animals of the Airbenders is scarce, though - they're not entirely sure how far the creature can go without a break. But at it's size - it's unlikely to be far.

They have charts. They can check for likely islands.