[ Hei skids to a halt near the water's edge, just in time to see Korra dive in. The valley reverberates with the fading after-echoes of the explosives. Pebbles adhere to the damp sheen of his coat, making it look like black bedazzled leather. Blood fizzing, his chest like a bellows, Hei scans the froth-tipped surface of the river. The girl's less daredevil than she is idiotic. In this weather, the water will be freezing. In the next breath, he backs away, caught off-guard, as a shape juts from the water a few knots out. Moonlight bleeds along the girl's shape to make her appear as a drowned siren slicing up out of the surf -- mystic and fire-eyed and fierce. ]
[ Automatically, Hei aligns his stance for the next attack. ]
[ Then a growl emerges, rumbling behind him. Whirling, he spots the dog -- Naga, she called it -- a few feet away. In that instant, Hei makes his choice. Before Korra can make her move, he surges toward the dog. Ten feet, five, two, and he's hurled a wire at Naga, catching one of its legs and bringing it down with a powerful but non-lethal electric shock. In a blink, he's crouched over the fallen animal, knee braced across its chest, a blade whipped out and upraised. ]
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[ Automatically, Hei aligns his stance for the next attack. ]
[ Then a growl emerges, rumbling behind him. Whirling, he spots the dog -- Naga, she called it -- a few feet away. In that instant, Hei makes his choice. Before Korra can make her move, he surges toward the dog. Ten feet, five, two, and he's hurled a wire at Naga, catching one of its legs and bringing it down with a powerful but non-lethal electric shock. In a blink, he's crouched over the fallen animal, knee braced across its chest, a blade whipped out and upraised. ]
[ Over the sloshing river, his voice is flat. ]
Stand down.