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Cassius was still oddly entranced with the girl as they walked. Her very existence still eluded him as she spoke, wondering how a fellow waterbender could be so off the radar to him, he was 'in' the network- he should've known everyone, which usually would've given him reason to fret or be suspicious of the person, was there a reason she was never mentioned? But he was too interested in her to raise such rude questions. She lived on the outside and was an orphan, so there probably was a good reason.
"You know the elders?! You must be pretty important too then if you're personally requested by the likes of Master Pakku! What, are you like really super strong or something? and only called in for super secret missions?!" Cassius was accidentally dropping his mature and contained persona and dialect, a rarity. He coughed upon realising and deepened his voice. I mean, that's very interesting- i'm glad we could be introduced."
Upon hearing her disappointment to his role he quickly snapped, "the role of Yagoda's aide is a very prodigious and highly-esteemed job! Yagoda is one of the most important officials in the entire water clan and she has no other successor. When there's an incident, a battle or a disease (Cassius momentarily paused and shivered) ....i'm the first one they call. I think you might honestly be the only person in this city who doesn't know who I am." He said surprisingly smugly, showing off to the girl. "They don't call me the Male Medic for nothing. And anyway, once Yagoda's time is over I will be a Water tribe official"....You could practically see his eyes shimmering.
Ignoring her final question Cassius reminded himself of his mission and moved up the pace a bit, hoping to politely lose her in the winding maze of paths.
"You could say that....and my apologies for offending you, Cassius....but..." Noticing he started moving faster than usual, Aurora caught his leg with a water whip, tripping him as he took his next step, making the scroll he was hiding slip out of his coat. "I know you're hiding something." As she said that, she noticed the scroll. "Oh? What's this....this seems to be from Lady Yagoda's personal library...." Unraveling the scroll, she was silent for a moment, realizing what it was depicting. "Bloodbending....the forbidden water art. How did you get this?! Did you steal it? Have you tried to learn anything from it?!? Answer me!" At this, she tensed her muscles and formed another combat water sphere, ready to be melded into anything she needed, while she held Cassius' leg with her other hand holding the water whip.
