Friends are always the greatest aids when dealing with such burdens. I'm sorry about the difficulties you still face.

The truth is, back home I am an important figure known as the Avatar. And when I was young, I spent most of a year running from the Fire Nation with the best people I've ever known. At one point, things were bad enough that I had to disguise my identity as an air nomad completely beneath a head of hair. For a while, it felt like I had lost my identity and my honor. But... I was eventually able to be my self again and bring the war to an end.