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[After a good cry, some good advice, and throwing down with the whole of Luceti against Aku the other day, Katara is feeling much more like herself. And she is on a mission. She can be found mid-afternoon heading towards whatever store in Luceti sells paint.

Fire Nation Red in her living room? Not anymore!]

Let's see... I guess I could go blue with green accents... or maybe something even more neutral? Maybe find a cream... No, no orange, it's too close to red...

[Katara has never had a chance to play with paints and colors before! She's a little lost with all the options. She just knows that she wants to make their shared space an open, welcoming one, one that represents all of them ~~and even the one that they're missing~~ and one which won't remind her of that stupid experiment's 'misplaced decimal.' But she has come far enough that she doesn't want it to just chase out Zuko either, although she is perfectly happy never seeing him again. Clearly, the girl is expecting too much out of paint. Someone help?]

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[Oh great. She knows that voice. It's the girl who wants to fight her friends.]

It's not exactly the 'all nations welcome' look I'm going for.

All nations?

Mmm. Blue tends to remind people of the Watertribes. I'd rather our living room be less... exclusive, I guess. Though this navy color is nice...

Why not choose a color to please yourself instead of everyone else?

I can do that in my own room. The living room is the one that everyone shares. But it's also right by the kitchen, so I'll have to see it a lot... that's why I'd rather it something nice.

If they're not doing anything to make it comfortable for themselves, just make it comfortable for you.

[Why do you have to tempt her like that?]

That's not the way things work. It should be a room for all of us to enjoy. [...if she can ever be in the same room with Zuko again, that is. Not that she was all that eager to be in the same room with him before, either.]

[She enjoys stirring things up. Even the small, petty things like that.]

You don't sound too sure.

I know what I want it to be.

[She's just not sure it's possible. Or even how much she wants all of what she wants. But she does know it's the right thing to want, and she's going to stick with that.]

What's that?

I want it to be someplace everyone can come together and feel comfortable.

Everyone?

[She's willing to bet she can find exceptions Katara doesn't want around. Like herself.]

Everyone in the house, yes. Kind of like a lodge in the middle of a village, with the rooms as the individual houses.

How friendly!

That's the idea.

You realize where you are, right?

In a store that sells paint?

In a world that kidnapped you. Lies like 'friendship' won't help you get back or survive here.

[Ah, a moment of insight!]

...It sounds like you've been hurt before, Mercury. I've been hurt by people who I thought were my friends too. But just because some people betray you doesn't mean that everyone will. It doesn't matter whether or not 'friendship' will help me get home. Real friendship matters because it's important all by itself. And that's why I'm going to do whatever I can to make a place for it, even here.

[Hmph.]

All that matters here, is going home. That's where everything is.

I want to go home more than anything, but that's not all that matters. It doesn't just matter where you're going, it matters where you are too, and who you're with. I don't know if you have anyone from your world here, and I don't know if that would make it harder or easier for you, but I do. And while we're all here, we're going to work on getting out, and we're going to do it together.

They're here. I already told you I'll kill them. I'll do that enough times so that there's nothing left, if Luceti won't let me do it more quickly.

[...congratulations, you're the rage lottery winner of the day.]

What is wrong with you?! What good could killing them possibly do? Here we are, stuck in some alien village with wings on our backs and mad scientists playing around with decimals and changing the way that we think and feel -- and you want to stalk and hunt people down? What could that possibly accomplish? What's the point? What did they possibly do to you to make it so that something like this would be OK?

Here, there; that doesn't matter as long as I defeat them. They're my prey.

I don't know what hurt you so badly that made you like this, but what you're talking about isn't war, it's murder. You were the one who said that the only thing that mattered was getting out of this place! And now you're talking about -- hunting people down like they're some kind of animals. Whatever they did to you, is it really worth crossing that line between warrior and murderer?

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