Yeeeeeah. Something Wasn't Right about all of this. Korra stayed where she was, but dropped to a crouch to bend the earth on either side of the fleeing snake man, raising it up and bringing it to a point in a large bump in front of him. On either side of the intruder, the dirt and rock cracked and rose in a low ridge that extended out in front of him, like it was a race. The ridge was only about half a foot in height, but enough to give a snake a bit of trouble getting over quickly.

She'd tried just talking. Now it was time for some bending.

Some purely defensive bending to facilitate figuring out what the hell was going on here. For all she knew, this was the point guard of some Spirit World Snake Man invasion.

"I think we got off on the wrong foot," Korra called, cheerfully. "How about we try this again?"