Nikko nodded. Of course when he first came to the Earth Kingdom he tried to avoid the desert at all costs, but eventually he had to travel through it. His first experience in the desert was dreadful, with no water to be found anywhere, unless you felt like digging straight down until you hit dirt. "It wasn't fun the first time I ventured into the desert, I'll tell you that. I guess it could be like if you couldn't conjure up fire, but not really since you [i]create[/i] fire and I [i]bend[/i] water." Fire seemed to be a stray when it came to the bending arts. Of course fire could be taken and manipulated, but it could also be created as well. For one of the air benders, air was all around them, so bending was probably the easiest for them. Eath was also fairly easy because earth was everywhere, but Water seemed to be the only one of some sort of limited supply. If there wasn't water, he couldn't just create it like a fire bender could. Water had to be around for a water bender to use it, and in a place like the desert there wasn't any water to call upon.

Hopping off of Senge, Nikko began to strip down as well. He hadn't taken a swim in a few days, and came up with a great idea. He took a running start at the water and bent the water to form around him to propel himself upwards. When he believed that he was high enough, he used the water that he bent to create a slide of ice. He slid down the ice slide and created just a bit more ice at the end to form a ramp. He flew up a little distance into the air before falling down to hit the water. He made a decently sized splash without the use of his water bending, and he hoped that she splash was large enough to hit Jaya.