[Eventually the intensity of her crying eased, and Katara took a deep breath. Ginko smelled of living things, the green of the earth tinged with woodsmoke. She shifted away a little, not quite releasing him but giving herself time to calm down.
The touch and the quiet words soak into her like sunlight, thick as honey. She won't respond to that - on some level, she does know - she knows that she's strong enough to let herself be taken prisoner in order to rescue other people, knows that she's strong enough to become a master bender, knows that she's not the same little girl who left her mother alone with a soldier when she knew something bad was going to happen - but at the same time, when she wasn't in the middle of doing something, of facing something down -- all she could do was hold on to the hope that it would all be okay.
She clutches the material of his shirt for a moment... and now that her crying has stopped becomes aware of something else. Katara pulls away and wipes her eyes.]
I'm hungry. [Have a soft smile, touched with awe.] Would you like anything?
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The touch and the quiet words soak into her like sunlight, thick as honey. She won't respond to that - on some level, she does know - she knows that she's strong enough to let herself be taken prisoner in order to rescue other people, knows that she's strong enough to become a master bender, knows that she's not the same little girl who left her mother alone with a soldier when she knew something bad was going to happen - but at the same time, when she wasn't in the middle of doing something, of facing something down -- all she could do was hold on to the hope that it would all be okay.
She clutches the material of his shirt for a moment... and now that her crying has stopped becomes aware of something else. Katara pulls away and wipes her eyes.]
I'm hungry. [Have a soft smile, touched with awe.] Would you like anything?