[It felt like he was taking a burden off of Bolin's back to volunteer to tell people. But Aang still felt really badly for Bolin. He had very quickly lost all of his friends who were here, and it was horrible to imagine that happening for himself.]

You're welcome, Bolin. It seemed like the least I could do. I know she made some friends while she was here, so they had to know. [And announcing it... helped to give it that finality, which helped him to move with that wind.]