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Book 1: Fresh Water [Video]

[Aang is peering into the journal so his face takes up almost the entire screen. He begins shouting into the book as abruptly as his image appears]

Hey! What am I doing here? I'm Aang! I'm an Airbender. Does anyone know what's going on here? I can't find my friends, my clothes or any of my stuff! I thought I was on my sky bison with everyone else going to see the Earth King. Now I'm here. Have anyone of you book people seen anyone I know?

[Aang has pulled away from the journal but continues talking as he sits in a patch of grass.]

This is a really weird place. But kinda peaceful. Definitely not weird enough to be the Spirit World. What is going on here?? And... have I always had these wings?

[Aang lifts up the book with one hand, squinting and examining it like some foreign object. This results in the picture showing his quizzical face from a skewed angle.]

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[That's okay. Rydia doesn't seem to mind.]

Kipinn can be found wherever there's a good breeze; the mountains or beach shore are best, but he might be anywhere. He's really friendly and playful! I've learned a little from him; he's taught me to control breezes and affect sound...even create it, though that's a lot more difficult. The right use of it can boost your speed, too.

Just met you. [He thinks he actually knows who this is, though.] Shouldn't be too much of a stretch, though. Aang as in Avatar Aang, right?

[Aang's shoulders sink with her last words. The kiss after the war's end and the kiss at Ember Island... oh no, even that kiss from before the Day of Black Sun. All those times that validated his feelings for Katara, gone. He closed his eyes for a moment in silence and swiped his sleeve across his nose.

It wasn't so bad, though, he thought. Katara is still right there, after all. It's the Katara from his past, the Katara who was his dearest friend, and he still loves her too. It's not like those memories were gone for good, anyway... from what he gathered from his exchanges, he would eventually be sent back home, and the Katara who was his sweetie would be back again.]

[Aang turns around to face Katara with his brightest grin.]

Hama, that weirdo? That was a long time ago! That explains everything! I'm from the future... over a year after we kicked the fire lord's ugly butt! And that explains why you don't know what I mean by "sweetie"! It's...

[Aang feels some sweat accumulating on his forehead, matched with a small drum in his chest.]

...it's something we say to... make fun of Sokka! It was something really funny, trust me, you had to be there!

Thank you! That sounds like it'll be so much fun, I can't wait to find him!

Yeah, how do you know that? [It's not something he likes to advertise. Even though he ultimately winds up doing so... very often.]

Heh. [He's so glad he doesn't have to put up with Masaomi right now.] A mutual friend's mentioned you once or twice. Katara.

[Weirdo was the least of what she'd call Hama. But - he was from a year after? And oh.

Oh. Oh Aang.

He's protecting her? He's not... making a claim about what it was that he experienced? He's willing to meet her where she is?

Katara blinks away a sudden rush of tears.

She doesn't want to take it. She wants to sit down and talk things out and make things better and he shouldn't have to -- but. It's been two years. And she doesn't have anything to offer him that's less painful.

There maybe isn't anyone else in the world that she'd let slide by with something like this. But it's Aang and - for now, she makes a promise to herself that it's only for now - she'll go along with it.

It's not hard. It's a relief. She's so grateful that she doesn't have to hurt him more, she speaks without thinking, shaking her head a little.]

I've missed you so much.

[S-such enthusiasm... it's refreshing to have him back, truth be told. Luceti can be awfully quiet and melancholy sometimes.]

To be honest, I haven't seen them for a while, either. Has Sokka explained where you are yet?

[Aang's fake smile slides into a real one. Things were gonna be okay.]

I know it's only been like a day for me since I last saw you, but I missed you too. I miss everyone already. Do you know if Toph or Appa or Momo are here?

[Katara's smile falters at that a little.]

Momo's here! Toph... went home about a month ago. And I haven't seen Appa since the last time I saw you - but now that you're here, he might show up too! He's not in any danger back home, time just stops. So even if it takes a while, when you leave here, you'll go right back to where everything was.

[With Appa and with me.]

Yeah, I've been hearing different parts from different people. I have a pretty good idea of what this place is. It looks pretty fun!

[Aang nods along with what Katara says, and even though it's not exactly happy news, he feels relieved to be moving from the intensity of the former subject. He's a bit dismayed about the absence of Toph and Appa, but his conversations with some of the others have prepared him for that possibility.]

Good old Momo! That's a relief. I'm not too worried about the others. It just it would have been cool if we were all in the same place. [He pauses for a moment in thought] I hope Appa shows up. All my stuff is probably still on him too. And Toph's already gone back... how long have you been here, Katara?

[She shifts a little uncomfortably, trying to hide how uncomfortable this answer makes her.]

It was two years last month.

[There's... nothing really to add to that. Nothing that's good, anyway.]

That makes sense. She sure has made a lot of friends here. What do you do for fun, Shikamaru?

[You ain't kidding.]

Watch clouds.

[ oh. hey. this sounds like that guy sokka and katara have talked about...wasn't he here before?

she never met him, then. ]

The wings are new. Ish. Sorry about that.

It's okay... I kinda figured by now. I guess I really am just naturally talented at Airbending!

...You're friends with Sokka and Katara, right?

That's right! Don't know where I'd be without them! And you're friends with them too?

...Wow.

[He wasn't sure what to say. That was longer than he expected, even though it wasn't that different from what Sokka had said... twice the length of their relationship. She didn't seem to be all that different... but it was hard to imagine Katara had gone a whole two years separated from him and their world.]

You and Sokka have really been here a long time. I can't imagine going even half as long without you guys.

[He takes a moment to think of a way to bend this subject into a lighter one.]

Are there any fun animals to ride?

I'd like to think so, yeah. Hi Aang. I'm Buffy.

[She laughs a little at his diversion, but can't quite let that go without comment.] I hope that you never have to find out.

[The thought of him returning to and being alone, without her and Sokka, had kept her up nights before she'd learned to accept the strange time imbalance of this place.]

And - no. No fun animals to ride. [She is NOT telling him about the giant wolf god in the forest.] But there is soda!

[This is about when Sokka finally catches up with them. He would've been there sooner, but one doesn't leave molten metal just lying around in the smithy! At least they're easy to spot. Sokka catches the last thing Katara says though.]

Ex-nay on the oda-say. [Oh wait, nobody taught pig latin to Katara.] Remember that tea that the general- [Actually why is he even going into that, it's Aang!] Hey Aang! I think you're taller now. [Is he taller? It's hard to say. He wants to measure him against Katara.]

[Aang feels differing levels of dismay from both of Katara's statements, but the arrival of Sokka quickly cheers him up.]

Sokka!

[A quick hug is launched at Sokka as he finishes his statements.]

I think I am taller! Things have been looking more and more lower in the last year. And what's an odasay?

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