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Ilyana watches as the tendrils wrap around each other and immediately feels the bond.
"Woah." She mumbles

"Feel her?" He queries the forest girl causing her to reply with a soft hum.

"Hold there, forest girl." He tells her.

"I have a name, you know?" She cheeks but Aonung looks up at her and ignores her.

She looks back at him before thinking

Forward.

She now travels at the same speed as Lo'ak at first, and after taking a deep breath, she submerges herself underwater. She holds on to the Ilu as tightly as she can before releasing when it gets too challenging. She rising to the surface and watches as the group smile and clap. Ilyana squints her eyes confused.

"Not bad, forest girl." Aonung compliments

"Thanks?" Ilyana appreciates however it almost sounded like a question as she said it.

"Ilyana!" Tuk celebrates grabbing her waist pulling the girl in for a hug taking her by surprise. Aonung and his friends soon left and Lo'ak and Neteyam both returned to the marui while Ilyana stayed with Tuk and Tsireya. Tsireya handed the youngest Sully the Ilu food who fed the animal with no hesitation followed by a soft giggle as she cradled the Ilu's face.
"I love her already."

"Do you want to feed her?" Tsireya asked Ilyana kindly.
"No thank you." Ilyana smiles and shakes her head declining the offer.

"I love your name. Ilyana. It's really pretty." Tsireya compliments earning Ilyana to smile softly.
"Thank you. I like your top. I think it's unique." Ilyana replies to the girl causing her to smile brightly. She then guides and teaches Tuk how to ride an Ilu and the young girl got the hang of it in no time. The three girls dived into the waters and followed Tsireya watching the wildlife communicate with each other in many ways. The girls were soon joined by Kiri who had seemed to have already adapted to the reef clan.

Eventually Tsireya gave the Sully kids a break and let them cool off for about half an hour before then continuing with lessons learning breathing exercises.
"Breathe in." The girl guides the Sully kids by inhaling deeply.
"And breathe out." Then they all exhale at that command.
"Imagine flickering a flame. You must slow down your heartbeat." Tsireya then leans over to Lo'ak placing her hand on his abdomen. Ilyana's move lays agape trying to stifle in a laugh.
"Breathe in. Breathe from down here. Breathe out slowly." She guides him.
"Lo'ak, your heartbeat is fast."

"Sorry." He whispers

"Try to focus." He nods his head

"Breathe in."

Neteyam and Ilyana glance at each other with a smirk on their face and then they both look to Roxto who also has a smirk on his face. Kiri looks at the trio rolling her eyes at their immature ways. Once their breathing exercises  were over they were allowed to ride their Ilu chasing each other and having races before rising to the surface.
"I won, Neteyam!" Ilyana celebrates sticking her tongue out at him causing him to roll his eyes and pout.
"You are learning to breathe." Tsireya tells them causing them to cheer in happiness.

After their eventful day, Ilyana heads back to the Sully mauri and is welcomed by her mother preparing dinner and her father outside having a conversation with Tonowari. She walked over to her sleeping mat grabbing the Toruk Makto toy that was once hers but was now handed to Tuk onto a small shelf.

"You're back early." Her mothers speaks up
"Yeah, I got a bit sick of Lo'ak." Ilyana jokes
"That's rare." Neytiri smiles looking at her daughter who's hair was still in braids hair tied out of her face probably to make her lessons easier to some extent. She knew her daughter missed the forest and she knew that feeling all too well.
When her father entered the mauri, he observed his teenage daughter sitting on the floor with her hands resting on her knees. She rushed to follow him when he signalled for her to do so and sat down next to Jake when they arrived outside the mauri. While watching the waves crash into the lake, they observed in silence for a while.
What's going on with you? Her expression remains unchanged when Jake questions his eldest daughter.
"I'm bored. I miss home."

Jake inhaled deeply and turned to face behind him facing his mate smiled brightly at him encouraged to continue speaking to Ilyana.

Since the start of the war, their father-daughter bond has deteriorated a little, and it needs to mend. Ilyana admired and respected her father for everything he did to protect her and her siblings, but she was the only one ( aside from Neytiri, of course ) who truly understood how terrified he was for their safety and what Quaritch would do next. This fear really tore him apart.

"When you were younger, do you remember the first time I told you about the roller coasters we had on Earth?" Ilyana snorted as Jake spoke quietly, remembering the incident with pleasure.
"And when I finally gave in to your pleading and built you one, you made your own instead."

"We put them to the test to determine which one was better, and mine ended up breaking—not even on the first drop." Ilyana says thinking back to her younger, foolish self and laughed loudly. She laughed, and that was one thing Jake had really missed. the chuckle that, when it appeared, lit up the room. He longed for the laughter to never end.

"I remember when you told me that a dove was a symbol of impurity and violence, while a raven was a symbol of purity and peace." Ilyana spoke up continuing the motif of earth in the conversation.

"Wrong way round, Yana. A dove was a symbol of purity, while a raven represented impurity." Jake corrects grinning at the girl.

"Whoops." She replies shrugging her shoulders. Their peaceful moment is interrupted by commotions closer to the shore. Jake excused himself and then made his way over to the area of the chaos. Then minutes later returning with Lo'ak and Neteyam bruised.