With that out there, he lowered his eyes. He was afraid of instant hate from this Katara whom had suffered so. That she still seemed calm was something like a relief for him. But he know that it could change at any moment as everything sunk in.

"That's another thing that might be hard to believe." He rubbed at his head. "When I was supposed to start my Avatar training... when my people were still around... I- I ran away. And... I got caught in a storm. I didn't think I was going to make it, but my Avatar powers saved me. By freezing me. I was in an iceberg the whole hundred years," he said quietly.