[Well. He told Zuko the story. Aang certainly deserved to hear it by now. Sokka pulled his knees up in front of him as he started thinking back to that day.]
I was nine at the time. Me and Katara were in the village. Throwing snowballs and stuff. The kind of thing we used to always do. [Things they didn't so much after that day.] But then black snow began to fall. We didn't know what it meant, but we knew it was trouble. So, Katara went to find our mom. I went to go see what was going on. While I watched my dad and all the men fight, that man.... that man went and found our mother. He was looking for the last waterbender in our tribe. He was looking for Katara, but he didn't know it. So when Katara found the two of them, mom sent her away and told her to find dad. While Katara was gone, she confessed that she was the waterbender. So he...
[He turns his head away. He doesn't want to say it. Aang knows the rest anyway.]
Anyway. That's what happened. At least in our world.
[ action, January 11th ]
I was nine at the time. Me and Katara were in the village. Throwing snowballs and stuff. The kind of thing we used to always do. [Things they didn't so much after that day.] But then black snow began to fall. We didn't know what it meant, but we knew it was trouble. So, Katara went to find our mom. I went to go see what was going on. While I watched my dad and all the men fight, that man.... that man went and found our mother. He was looking for the last waterbender in our tribe. He was looking for Katara, but he didn't know it. So when Katara found the two of them, mom sent her away and told her to find dad. While Katara was gone, she confessed that she was the waterbender. So he...
[He turns his head away. He doesn't want to say it. Aang knows the rest anyway.]
Anyway. That's what happened. At least in our world.