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Xana walked among the streets, seeing many other citizens of the fire nation.
The very first thing you notice about him, is his uniform. Quite like those of the fire nation millitary... but totaly different. Customized. The seccond would obviously be his appearences.
And the third... that only someone trained in fire-bending would notice... is his breathing. The way he breathed was always under control. The same flow in and out as he walked.
He looked at the buildings that surrounded him. He looked for a simple place to practice. Where he would be out of the way.
He finaly wandered onto a large platform at the end of the marketplace. It seemed to meet his needs, and was devoid of other people, so he walked to the center of it, set his feet apart, put his hands to his hips as fists, bend his knees and closed his eyes.
He began simply, to let his mind relax, and get a firmer grip on his power. To direct it as he wanted.

He slowly moved his hands and took a backwards step, putting one hand infront of him, and on slightly behind it. He then took a step forwards, exhaling on one step, then breathing in on the one after.
He saw nothing of the world around him, and heard nothing but his own breathing.
His movements were slow, because he was in no hurry. He was simply practicing his moves.
The air around him began to waver as seen through heat, the area around him became distored within ten minutes of his practice. But he didnt notice the heat he generated. Any sweat that might have come to his forehead evaporated instantly.
He took a step back, turning his body to face left, as his head turned to the side, one arm above him with the elbow bent slightly behind him, the other arm extended downwards infront of him, his back leg bent, and his front leg straight.
Some of his moves seemed to have been learned from some of the other nations. And incorportated into his own fighting style. One he knew was capable of throwing off an enemy. When fighting a Fire-bender... you expected him or her to fight like a fire-bender.
The world was nothing to him as he practiced... his mind devoid of any distractions, his eyes blind to the world, and his ears deaf to it. Yet he was always prepared to defend himself. The last time he had let down his gaurd... he had been captured.


((How's that for my first post?

Feinel rested on the side of a small street by a temple. She wasn't quite sure which one it was, if a passerby cried aloud it's name, she wouldn't hear it. Crouched over the cobble stone street, she only noticed the frequently passing people once their feet shuffled past her range of sight. The world was silent in her deaf shroud, and the only voices she remembered were those of her family. Feinel waited, she had no purpose here. If only she wasn't born with acute hearing she would have heard a group of people coming, including Phoenix, Kilsalt, and his pupils.

His voice was normal, with a slightly deep overtone. The man walked towards the temple, passing a small girl that had been looking out at the passing crowds, crossing lengthy pathway. He thought for a minute, then responded to Yura," A middle bender? Mmm.. Practice?"

The man then stopped, and looked at the rather large temple down the street. "Phoenix- do your caretakers still use ringworm incense for praying to the dead?"

Yura gritted her teeth and ignored the boy, of course it was practice, how could she be so stupid?

As the group walked by Feinel thought she heard her brother's voice, Caenai. She quickly looked up and scanned the crowds with eagerly darting eyes. Could it really be Caenai? she thought to herself doubtly. While still searching, it started raining harder and everyone was dashing around to get to their destinations before they were drenched. It was now or never. Feinel bolted up and called out desperate for her brother, "Caenai!" She hoped that if he was out there he would hear her, since she couldn't.

Feinel looked up at this new comer. He was saying something, but what? She examined his face, he looked curious.

"What do you say? I can't hear well," she asked him with oddly pronounced words.



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((she's like deaf...yeah....))

Kai went closer to the girl and asked again " who are u looking for?!"