"Lots of reasons. It's great for stealth training, as well as non-lethal tactics. And it's one of the few places on the planet where my benders and non-benders are on equal footing."

"Plus... it's spooooOOOOOOoooooky," he says for the benefit of the children. Complete with wiggling fingers and everything. Then he winks at Bataar Junior, because of all the children he seems the least likely to be entertained with Bumi's antics.

Bumi is drawn to those sorts of people much the same way pygmy pumas seems to instinctively know who is allergic to them.