Tao was glad the girl took his bait about the lizard but he kinda felt bad that she trusted him with something that big while he still kept his secrets." I see. You have chosen a bad time to come here though. As I'm sure you have noticed this forest isn't exactly safe. You saw the burnd down part didn't you?" He was reasonably she did given where he found the tracks. "That was the work of Fire Nation soldiers and as a result many animals have been driven out of their territories, in some case making them desperate for food like that Tiger Monkey probably was. But I'm sure you realized at least some of that."

Tao wondered if he should offer to bring her to the other guides for help, he didn't want to accidentally insult her as she did heal and she had proven not to be helpless. He decided to risk it though, as he didn't want anything to happen to her. "Don't take this the wrong way but if you want I can bring you to the headquarters of the Guides and see if anyone is willing to help you with those herbs."