[Katara swallows. What else - how else can she paint a picture of the man who was her father and make it so that he's real in this room where she'd lived and made a home?
She hadn't planned on saying much more than she did. Her childhood memories... one hand goes up to the necklace at her throat.]
After my mom was killed, it was just us. Me and Sokka and Dad and Gran-Gran. [And a quick smile.] And the whole village. But we weren't the only one who'd lost someone that day...
He was always quieter after that. There was this shadow... I always thought... [I always thought that it was my fault. If I had just run faster, got him there sooner. So I had to make up for it. I had to be strong, and I had to make him smile, and I had to take care of Sokka, and help Gran-Gran and somehow make everything okay...
The hand holding her teacup trembles for a moment, and she ducks her head.]
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She hadn't planned on saying much more than she did. Her childhood memories... one hand goes up to the necklace at her throat.]
After my mom was killed, it was just us. Me and Sokka and Dad and Gran-Gran. [And a quick smile.] And the whole village. But we weren't the only one who'd lost someone that day...
He was always quieter after that. There was this shadow... I always thought... [I always thought that it was my fault. If I had just run faster, got him there sooner. So I had to make up for it. I had to be strong, and I had to make him smile, and I had to take care of Sokka, and help Gran-Gran and somehow make everything okay...
The hand holding her teacup trembles for a moment, and she ducks her head.]