"I got chased by a palulukan my first day in the jungle," Jake shares with a fanged grin. "I got away from that on my own, but I got stupidly lost. If it wasn't for Neytiri pulling my ass out of the fire, I would've lost my avatar that same night."

The thought of Earth being wild and abandoned is unfathomable to Jake, and he blinks those big golden eyes, peering down at Paul. "Wha -really? You all must've gotten offworld earlier than we did. Even if there was somewhere else to go, evacuating the planet would take more resources than they've got."