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[kyasdaughter]

It was, sort of. [ and katara... kind of makes a scrunched face here. ] Zuko was the only person I really knew there, though.

[savedtheworld]

Zuko was there too? [He nods thoughtfully.] I- I'm glad you weren't alone.

[kyasdaughter]

I wish I had been!

[ it's frustration, but not true anger. it's the kind of annoyance that surprises and embarrasses even her when it bubbles over like that. ]

He, uh - he was from before we all became friends.

[savedtheworld]

W-what? [Now Aang looks concerned. That was a kind of timebending he hadn't been acquainted with yet.]

He didn't try to chase you, did he... Was everything alright?!

[kyasdaughter]

No. I mean, not that he would've had any luck if he tried. [ she could've taken him rabble rabble >C ] He just didn't want anything to do with me! And he never believed me when I told him we were friends!

[savedtheworld]

[Now Aang looks disappointed with Zuko... and a bit worried for what it must have been like for her.]

I can't believe Zuko would act like that! Even back then... You'd think a magic castle would help a guy lighten up!

[kyasdaughter]

You'd think.

[ she just sort of sighs, seeming more put out than actively upset anymore. ]

But he made some friends, at least. Well. One. Still better than nothing, I guess.

[savedtheworld]

W-well... I guess that's good. I hope they got along well. [He nods with a frown.]

Did... did you make good friends?

[kyasdaughter]

Yeah. I did, actually - I made a lot of good ones. [ she fixes him with a half-smile, almost sheepish now. ] It never made me miss you guys any less, though. And - oh! I met some people from the future, too. Our future, I mean. [ and this is where the excitement really starts to unfold on her face. ]

[savedtheworld]

[He looks on fondly as she says that... but the last part catches him off-guard.]

Wait! What do you mean, our future? Like... future-future? ...The future?

[kyasdaughter]

Yeah, like... really, really far in the future.

[ she tucks her hair a little nervously behind her ear, then smiles hopefully. ]

I met the next Avatar.

[savedtheworld]

Wait, what?! [It's a good thing he wasn't drinking at the moment, or there would be a spittake.]

Are... are you sure it was the next Avatar, Katara? [The next Avatar would be a Waterbender...]

[kyasdaughter]

Yeah. She was from the future. Um - far in the future, trust me when I say that I made sure of that.

[ though maybe not far enough, if what korra told her held true. still... ]

She was... great. And she said that we made a big difference in the world. It was pretty nice to hear, I guess, after everything.

[savedtheworld]

Of course I trust you. [He says softly, as he works his way through the shock. He manages to settle on a warm smile as he thinks his way through it.]

I never really thought about that far in the future. [It's taken a lot of his journey just to see the full scope of the war; he's always been someone living in the now more than anything.] I... I'm really glad that we're gonna make a difference. That all of this matters. I hope that next Avatar gets a real peaceful life... You said 'she'?

[kyasdaughter]

It really does.

[ katara bites her lip, a little embarrassed by how excited she is. ]

Her name's Korra. She's a waterbending, from the Southern Water Tribe.

[ this pride is ridic. ]

[savedtheworld]

[It's totally ridic, but it's also totally contagious.]

She is? Katara, that sounds great! [He sounds proud and excited, as if they're discussing a daughter of Katara's rather than the new Avatar.]

I should've known the next Avatar would be from that Water Tribe. I... I really liked it down there!

[kyasdaughter]

[ yeah aang JEEZ TBH SHES WAY MORE LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER THAN HERS ok...

or i guess that would be the same thing whatever :|

but she laughs a little despite herself again, seeming to really start to relax. ]

Sorry if this is weird to talk about... I just thought you might like to know.

[savedtheworld]

[OH I SEE HOW IT IS WHEN SHE ACTS UP THAN SHE'S HIS DAUGHTER

Katara you're the one who will actually be there teaching her as she grows up oh no ma heart

It is kind of weird to hear about, but it doesn't feel as weird as he thinks it should. Maybe it's the way Katara broke it to him, or the way she seems to be calm and smiling, but Aang seems perfectly fine. He chuckles a little with her.]

No, no... It doesn't really feel that weird. It feels... [He places a hand over his chest.] ...nice. The way you talk about her, Katara, I know the world's gonna be in great hands one day.

[kyasdaughter]

The world is in great hands now.

[ katara pauses, before she wrinkles her nose a little and sort of shrugs. ]

Or, well... I mean, it would be, if we were on it? Oh, you know what I mean.

[ she seems to consider something for a moment, and then abruptly takes a sip from her cup. telling him about, well. tenzin... and all that.... can probably wait, right? ]

[savedtheworld]

I... I know what you mean. Thank you, Katara. [He frowns slightly as he thinks about it. Time's supposed to be frozen back home, true. But there was still no guarantee that they'd get back home to build that lovely future. Except that Katara's there. And ever since he met her, he's been able to find ways to do the impossible.

He tries to reach across the table for her hand and looks right into her eyes.]

We're gonna be on it again. And then the world'll be back in all of our hands. I just know it, Katara.

[kyasdaughter]

[ katara seems a little surprised, briefly freezing when aang takes her hand and looks at her with that conviction. she goes a little red and tries to push past the sudden embarrassing feeling of being completely tongue-tied, before she turns her hand to take and squeeze his and nods in affirmation. ]

I know it, too.

[savedtheworld]

[As he said that, he really did believe it. And he had remembered all the times that Katara had helped him out through his struggles in the past. He was glad to take his turn in helping her out. Still, his cheeks flush a little as she squeezes his hand back. The way she supports his words makes him feel so much stronger.]

Great. I... I'm glad you agree! [He lost track of his sentence, so his smile takes a turn for the goofy.]

[kyasdaughter]

And I'm... glad that you're glad.

[ wow, uh, she lost track of herself for a second there, too, and she feels her face heat up again when she finally pulls her hand back. jeez, aang, she missed you when she was in paradisa. :( he'd been the one part of the gaang who'd never really showed up at all. maybe that's why she's so eager to keep the positive momentum of this conversation going. ]

Korra was learning airbending from another airbender, you know. I'm - [ going to tell a little while lie.. ] - not really sure who he was, or where he came from, I didn't really ask, I'm sorry. But that's something to look forward to, too, right?

[savedtheworld]

[So much gladness going on! This is coupled with a swarm of spider-butterflies that are swarming in Aang's stomach, even as she pulls her hand away. He slowly pulls his hand back a little bit as she speaks. One of his last memories with her was that whole debacle at the play, so he's learned his lesson about being careful at her.

But her latest revelation catches him completely off-guard and brings things to a screeching halt. He exclaims blankly.]

Wait, wait, hold on.

[And then, after a moment, he goes on with a tone of incredulous disbelief... mixed with uncertain hope.]

...Another airbender?

[Another airbender. Another airbender.]

[kyasdaughter]

Yeah.

[ maybe she should have started with this... instead of the whole 'i met your reincarnated future self' thing, because even if aang is the avatar, she imagines that no one really likes to imagine himself as dead.

so possibly this will be hard to explain away. but it's also possible that the hope in his voice alone more than justifies that for her. ]

That's what Korra said, at least, and... well, I can't really think of a good reason she'd have for lying to me about it.