[And so Katara cries, because the reality of it is crashing down on her, because she can feel it tightening in her stomach, she can remember his life in her hands and she wonders - if he hadn't betrayed her, if he hadn't gone after innocent people, would she have made the same choice?
And she cries because she wasn't strong enough to save him, because Longshot had to lose another friend, because the whole war was stupid and pointless and the Earth Kingdom should have been their allies, a place of safety and instead Aang had - been hurt - Jet had died, everything had just gone wrong, and now it didn't even matter because they weren't even in the same world anymore...
And eventually the sobs will stop and the tears will dry and Katara will wish that she could have kept on crying, because she really doesn't want to have to deal with what happens next.]
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And she cries because she wasn't strong enough to save him, because Longshot had to lose another friend, because the whole war was stupid and pointless and the Earth Kingdom should have been their allies, a place of safety and instead Aang had - been hurt - Jet had died, everything had just gone wrong, and now it didn't even matter because they weren't even in the same world anymore...
And eventually the sobs will stop and the tears will dry and Katara will wish that she could have kept on crying, because she really doesn't want to have to deal with what happens next.]