

Zuko ignores the jab and states that it is not the girl he is after but the bald monk traveling with her. Outside, the prince hands June Katara's necklace and states that he needs June to find someone, to which June sarcastically asks if he is looking for his girlfriend. Zuko grabs her hand and gets in her face, claiming that he was not requesting money. Although she just collected quite some money from her arm wrestling match, June claims that she is "short on money" before buying drinks for the entire bar. Zuko declares that her beast trashed his ship, and he wants to be reimbursed. She briefly acknowledges his and Iroh's presence by addressing them as "angry boy" and "uncle lazy" before beating her opponent in the arm wrestling match and starting to collect the money people threw onto the table for her victory. Zuko pulls up next to June and demands to speak with her. Zuko walks in, pushing people out of his way and shouting, while Iroh follows in his wake, apologizing to his nephew's victims. In the meantime, in a rowdy bar, June is arm wrestling a rather muscular man as the crowd cheers. Katara and Sokka decline Bato's offer to travel to see their father.Įxcited over the reunion, Sokka and Katara share stories about their tribe, but they unintentionally leave Aang out, causing him to feel excluded. Bato explains that he was injured and left behind and takes the party to his current home in an abbey of nuns who make perfumes and cures. At that moment, Bato, a friend of Hakoda's family and a native of the South Pole, appears at the group's campsite next to the boat.

Later that night, Sokka remembers the day that Hakoda, his father, left the Southern Water Tribe, leaving him to take care of his little sister. This leaves Iroh impressed with both the animal and its owner. As June prepares to mount her shirshu with the fugitive in her custody, Zuko inquires as to how she knew of the man's hideout, to which she replies that the shirshu's smelled him. The fugitive tries to escape but is stunned by the beast, which uses its whip-like tongue to paralyze him temporarily. The beast tears a hunk of metal from the deck with its strong teeth and, following the stowaway's scent, finds its prey. After a brief altercation between herself and Zuko's soldiers, June states that she is looking for a stowaway, contrary to Zuko's adamant denial of the accusation. Angrily making his way to the deck, he and Iroh find a bounty hunter named June mounted on a large animal called a shirshu. Iroh remarks to Zuko that "a moment of quiet is good for your mental well-being" immediately after he speaks, the ship rocks suddenly, causing Zuko to spill his tea. On his own ship, Zuko and his uncle are drinking tea. She and Sokka recognize the vessel as part of their father's fleet. Sokka finds a burned arrow and further evidence of a fight between firebenders and the warriors of the tribe their search eventually leads the trio to the shore, where Katara finds a beached boat. In a field near a body of water, Aang finds a whale's tooth scimitar, which Sokka quickly identifies as a Water Tribe weapon the discovery prompts Team Avatar to search for any other traces of the passage of Water Tribe warriors through the area. Katara and Sokka decide they cannot leave Aang, as he is part of their family, too. After defeating Zuko, Aang reclaims Katara's necklace and returns it to her.

Meanwhile, Zuko hires a bounty hunter named June to help him track down the Avatar. Later, he comes clean about the message, upsetting his friends. Bato suggests they find their father, which causes Aang to fear that his friends may leave him when Aang intercepts a message from Sokka and Katara's father, he hides it because of this. Katara and Sokka reunite with Bato, their old friend from the Southern Water Tribe.
