Yongwu 20, 09/27

After weeks in the prison ship, I finally escaped with the Avatar and three of my cellmates, Suzin, Sang and Amirluq. I am not sure what became of our other cellmates, Chikoh, Sergei and Saza. They went out of the ship before us, and when we escaped, they were nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, we were able to reunite with my loyal Shu, who appears unharmed. Current plan is to seek out Suzin's local contacts for help escaping Beigang, which remains under Fire Nation Blockade. Also overheard some soldiers discussing a plan to attack Ba Sing Se with a giant metal automaton in the form of the Fire Lord, Azulon. This seems very unlikely...

The acrobat Saza has remarkably good aim. I saw her strike one of our guards with a very precise strike with a thrown bolt. Amirluq has also been revealed as a talented waterbender, and able to work well in concert with me. Hopefully, we will at least find some free time and safety for her to teach Avatar Toma the rudiments of waterbending. Since we do know if Fire is truly the Avatar's native element, it is difficult to implement the traditional order in his training. What can we do but try?