She understood: there were things in himself that even Nokosi needed to deal with, and running away was an option even a string person had to consider. Kaya, being with the Avatar crew, knew it was simply never an option for her unless it was absolutely necessary.

But Nokosi was right: they could talk about those things later, what they both went through. Right now they had friends to get back to.

"Good point, let's not making them think we were getting into mischief when we were supposed to be hiking," she said, and gave him a wink. What mischief she was talking about was pretty clear.