"Hmm." He hummed to himself in thought after she said that she didn't know what kind of animal made the tracks. He wished that he paid more attention to the animal tracks, because for all he knew they could belong to something scary and fierce. His eyes widened when she took his hand and pulled him along, and the young man stumbled for a moment before getting under his feet. Whatever could have made the tracks probably wouldn't be able to take on a water bender and a fire bender, he continued to tell himself, and he hoped that whatever animal made those tracks wasn't violent. 

It wasn't long before he heard something nearby. He wasn't sure what it was, but he was sure that it was the same animal that made the tracks. They were in a location close enough to the desert that sand was common to be on the ground, but trees and bushes still existed all over the place. It was a middle ground between the two main types of terrain that the earth kingdom had to offer.