In Republic City, Ryu prepares to guide a group of tourists into the Spirit Wilds. Among the tourists are his parents; his mother proudly declares how happy she is that he is an airbender, and that he is doing "important Air Nation stuff", while his father is less than impressed. Annoyed and embarrassed by both his parents, Ryu begins his tour. Inside the wilds, Ryu tells the tourists about the vines being the result of Korra's battle with UnaVaatu, but the tourists seem to be rather dim about it; Ryu is slightly annoyed by the questions one particularly dim tourist poses to him. When the tourist points out that a vine is moving toward them, Ryu is unsure of how to address the issue; the tourist decides to poke it with a stick, and the vine suddenly wraps around him and lifts him in the ai