[color=8dc73f]"Cowards!"[/color] he Jin roared, still running across the roofs. He paced his breath, for the duo he was chasing was certainly quite limber. Still, he would not give up. Evil was here, in great abundance. He couldn't just let a murderer like that get away freely just because he was working up a sweat. Those medals, they had to mean something. Another snarl came from Temujin as he redoubled his efforts. For but a moment he thought to help himself to use the earth in the tiles of the roofs to make himself go faster. But no, he could do it by foot. If he began to start choosing these sacrifices in other people's names, that would begin the exact same slippery slope that everyone in the Kingdom that wronged him went on. The same path that made perhaps once good souls into villains.

In anger over this injustice he channeled a second wind, until very abruptly his attention was taken away. Some kid yelled at him. Jin looked down at him, and tilted his head. The boy looked scrawny enough that he'd struggle to get a blanket off of himself in the morning. [color=8dc73f]"Run away kid. This is dangerous, it should be safe over there."[/color] he pointed in the opposite direction of where he presumed Ena and her newfound companion were going. [color=8dc73f]"Get out."[/color] he commanded, not really even considering what the boy said. Hopefully he had sense enough to save himself, unlike the strange young firebender with the girl. 

The thought of the wellbeing of the weedy boy suddenly brought Jin back to his memory of the old man he had left to fend for himself. [color=8dc73f]"Damn."[/color] he cursed under his breath. Not that much time had passed, and yet it was more than enough for Mr. Hanwei to get lost or even hurt again. 

For a moment the veteran looked back at the rest of the village, pondering if he should go back. 

No, he couldn't. He was one man, and Jin had to hope he would have listened and stayed put. The Laughing Lily was said to have killed a lot more than one person, and would kill again. [color=8dc73f]"You cannot outrun me!"[/color] he bellowed, and gave chase once more. 

A grin came over him as he spotted the two fugitives. He dropped down, again entering a boxer's stance with either arm upraised and covered in earth, a similar affair upon his legs to avoid getting embarrassed like the other Earth-Benders Ena had beaten. 

[color=8dc73f]"You, boy."[/color] the stranger was a Firebender, but in this moment Jin just couldn't see him as a violent sort. He couldn't just batter him down. Besides, it wasn't like there was a bounty on him. [color=8dc73f]"My problem's not with you."[/color] Three stomps with a briefly bared foot, and Jin erected a small staircase for Zai to climb to escape. [color=8dc73f]"Get out, run fast."[/color] he was about to turn to Ena, before another thought hit him. [color=8dc73f]"There's an old man out by the first shop behind the wall I made. One of you, Fire Nation. Help him. He's got a green cloak, brown bandana, little gold pendant on his neck. Eyes the colour of fire."[/color] 

Finally, he could turn his attention to the Laughing Lily. [color=8dc73f]"Now, drop the sword and put your hands on the ground and this can go smoothly. There's nowhere to run, and I'd rather not have to break you."[/color] But to demonstrate he was more than willing to do so, he banged his rocky fists together, producing a small light-show of sparks.