B R E A T H I N G U N D E R W A T E R

4: The Town

"I, think, we're, close" Korra said between breaths
"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Asami huffed
"Ohh! Yeah you seen that big tree! I've had to fly here a few times and I remember the big tree being close to the city wall"
"What?"
"Yea it's weird... they have a tiny stone walk we can just step over..."
After walking for hours Korra finally had a spark of hope when she saw the 'big tree'. They both managed to awkwardly walk down the slope, slipping frequently.
"Alright Asami, let's find a house with a clothesline out. Humans dry their clo-"
"Korra, I'm not stupid,"
They walked along the wall, trying to find a house close enough to the edge of the wall for Asami to run to.
"I just didn't know if you..."
"Knew what clothing looks like?" Asami chuckled "We take a whole 'life on land' class in prep school. They made it seem so bad up here, but I kind of like it."
"Oh, how bout that one?" Korra exclaimed
"Uhh okay... stay calm, I can do this…”
Asami tried to jump over the short wall, but ended up falling over,
"Just be quick" Korra said, face palming.
Asami, who was surprisingly efficient, grabbed almost all of the many clothes on the lines. But suddenly,
"Hey! Thief!" A old man yelled. Asami, scared out of her mind began to run, and to Korra's amusement, she looked like a baby deerswan walking for the first time "Run!" Korra exclaimed, before bursting out in laughter. The man was slower than a slug, yet he look like he was gaining on her. Korra, who had lost it and gave up keeping quiet, had gotten the attention of the man
"Aw fuck" she muttered
"BIRD BEAST! THERE'S A SAVAGE IN MY YARD!"
"You racist bastard... Asami! Lets go!"
As they ran, Asami received multiple frustrated comments from Korra, like:
'No don't drop the clothes'
'I'll just take them'
'Stop crawling'
'I'm the one with a fucked up leg... so...'
'Asamiiiiiii lets gooo'
'This isn't walking 101 sweetheart'
'Okay it was a little mean, I'm sorry'
'I know you've never done this but he's kinda gOT A GUN'
The ancient human didn't chase them far, but there being a gun made Korra uneasy.
"You done yelling? You know, once I get this walking down, I think I can handle myself..." Asami stated
"Oh yeah? So what is your plan after we get healed, hm?" Korra said bit more rude than she intended
"I... honestly? haven't thought that far yet. Do you think there would be a way to read any Merpeople news? Maybe I can see if anyone cares that I'm gone"
"I'm sure your kingdom misses you, princess"
"Yeah… maybe"
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"Alright. Put theses on before the pants" Korra said handing Asami an outfit with underwear on top
"Their a tiny bit big... I could were them as shorcs" Asami laughed, showing Korra the baggy granny panties she was wearing.
"What?"
"You know, shorcs"
"Ummm, shorts? You mean shorts?" Korra laughed
"Oh... ha, yeah"
~~~
The girls decided they should go back to the town, Asami looking more normal, and see if she could get a 'WLS weekly'(water, land, sky. News of all the races). She was scared another human would chase her, so she grabbed one out of the trash near the news board.
"Okay... that works. Open it" Korra said excitedly
Asami didn't even need to open it
In bold letters, the front page said
'EASTERN REEF TAKEN OVER, PRINCE OF WEST CROWNED KING BY COUNCIL’
Without saying a word, Asami flipped through, trying to find more details.
"Wait... 'Escaped Princess Asami Sato wanted alive-’ Oh no, 'Guard in training Mako believed to help princess escape, wanted dead or alive!’ Oh spirits-”
“Look at that! There's a town map on the news board! Go see if there's a healer near by!”

“Are you listening? Korra I-”

“The sooner we're healed the sooner we can do something  about your situation. Okay?”

Asami sighed, and nervously walked to the board. Korea was right, there was a healer on the outer edge on the other side of the town.

“You were right, there's a healer on the other side” Asami
“Really? That's great! Let's go around the wall.”