[...she's sorry this has to hurt. But she's thought and thought about it and Katara honestly believes this is the best way. Even though it hurts her too.]
His name is Hakoda. [All right, that's a good start. Now what?] He's... got blue eyes, like ours. A beard. He wears his hair to his shoulders with two beads, here.
[She lifts up one hand from her cup to demonstrate.] It's similar to the hairstyle chiefs wear, but he's not our chief. The Southern Tribe hasn't had one since we scattered, long before I was born. He's our war leader, though. Two - three years ago, my dad gathered up all the men in our tribe and went to fight the Fire Nation. They helped secure the Earth Kingdom's borders against their navy. We hadn't seen him since...
[No, wait. That's not the point.] He's a good leader. He won the faith and confidence of his men. He's smart, too, like Sokka. The two of them were always coming up with crazy ideas and finding ways to make them work. And he had a terrible sense of humor - always making puns and calling things silly names.
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His name is Hakoda. [All right, that's a good start. Now what?] He's... got blue eyes, like ours. A beard. He wears his hair to his shoulders with two beads, here.
[She lifts up one hand from her cup to demonstrate.] It's similar to the hairstyle chiefs wear, but he's not our chief. The Southern Tribe hasn't had one since we scattered, long before I was born. He's our war leader, though. Two - three years ago, my dad gathered up all the men in our tribe and went to fight the Fire Nation. They helped secure the Earth Kingdom's borders against their navy. We hadn't seen him since...
[No, wait. That's not the point.] He's a good leader. He won the faith and confidence of his men. He's smart, too, like Sokka. The two of them were always coming up with crazy ideas and finding ways to make them work. And he had a terrible sense of humor - always making puns and calling things silly names.
[Her hands tighten around her untasted tea cup.]
...when I was little, he called me Sunshine.