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The storm raged.
Lightning shot down from the clouds; rain poured down in droves.
Aang tilted his face to the darkened sky and, laughing, urged Appa forward. The brother and sister who had let him go had no hope of escape, of course, but letting them believe so sweetened the hunt.
The sister stumbled, and Aang grinned, reaching down to snatch her up--
Something hard slammed into his head and nearly threw him from Appa's saddle.