At some point prior to the genesis of Yangchen's Avatar duties, Pik and Pak had befriended the young airbender and served as her pets. A week following Yangchen's mastery of all four elements, the lemurs accompanied the Avatar, her flying bison, and Boma to a shore-side city. Having sheltered themselves from the storm that raged around them, Pik and Pak emerged from their hiding place only in response to Yangchen's mention of their name in her excitement over her first mission as the Avatar. As the party entered the king's throne room, the lemurs each perched themselves on one of Boma's shoulders but crouched down behind him after observing three ominous fortune tellers who were prophesying in the room.