Left Without A Trainer

I couldn't believe it. I mean, as stubborn and hard-headed as he is, he can't just leave me here without a trainer while he goes to fight on the other side of the Earth Nation! Of course, I didn't have the guts to say that to my own sifu. Dae Lin, my only earthbending master in Omashu was leaving to go to Ba Sing Se today to prepare for the war. He was leaving me here without anyone to train me while he was gone. But I already said that, didn't I? I repeat myself a lot.

"Jing Ti! Are you even listening?" Dae Lin's voice returned me to reality. "I know it seems rough, but you're going to have to do without a master for a few months. Try to work on the techniques we worked on yourself while I'm gone.

"Sifu, you know I'm horrible at earthbending!"

"Don't say that." he said. "I've been training you for just over a year now. Although your personality completely contradicts earthbending, your doing a lot better than others with the same problem. If anything, you can at least practice your swordfighting techniques. You'll be fine." After that, he got on his... horse creature, and rode off into the desert with his belongings.

Sifu Dae Lin and I didn't necessarily get along well, but he still had high hopes for me, that much I could tell. He trained me almost every day that I wasn't working at the tea shop. Of course, since nearly everyone left for Ba Sing Se to serve in the war, it wasn't so busy, so they didn't need my help. I slowly walked home and went into my room. Then, out of boredom, I began to polish my heirloom katana, Firebane.