Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-174.93.53.97-20130826071537/@comment-17732608-20130911021646

I don't think Yang was firing at the trees, so much as firing downward to keep herself aloft for longer. She was sailing for a really long time, remember.

As for shooting at the pieces of temple. *Goes back to check the episode.* At the eight-minute mark, Yang fires straight-down to launch herself upward, while in mid-air, and there's no rubble below her. So it's not so much as her having to hit things, as much as things were below her when she was firing downwards.