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Aang didn't come out for breakfast today. When I went in his room to check on him, all his stuff was gone. ...I guess this means he went home, right?

And all the stuff in the kitchen is different - does anyone know how they're supposed to work? ~~Or how they got in here without waking us up, because -- seriously, creepy.~~

[Filtered to Longshot 60%]
Hey - haven't seen you around in a while. How are you doing?

[Filtered to Erza 62%, OPEN to Gaang members]
Hi, Erza! I've got a few questions about magic, and you're the only one I know here who does it. Do you mind?

[Filtered to the Green Lantern 62%]
John Stewart, the Green Lantern. I spoke about it with my brother, and we decided that we were more comfortable if you didn't bring us up.

[As for action? Katara is not going very far today. In fact, she is stuck inside, doing healing sessions with the invalid and making sure he stays in bed, and trying to figure out how all this crazy new stuff works. If you think she'd open the door for you and let you in, feel free to stop by and give the girl ~~something else do~~ a helping hand!]

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You wouldn't have left if he'd told the truth. [And it was more important for the Avatar to leave. He knew that then, and it hasn't changed now.]

You're probably right. [She wouldn't have left. She would have stayed and tried to help him, even if it didn't work. She would have gotten to apologize for not believing him. She would have...

But Aang was there, and so were the Dai Li, and they had to leave. What would she have chosen? It would have been a terrible choice... and he'd spared her from it. And that made his death hurt even more.]

But he should have let me make that choice.

[Longshot's back to being quiet now. Katara needs to vent, he realizes, but he can tell she knows why they couldn't do that.]

[Eventually she turns to him, her tears all wiped away. Katara takes a deep breath and locks the grief away. It will be a while before this doesn't hurt. She knows that, and she knows it's just something she'll have to carry. It's the only thing that you can do. That, and deal with what's in front of you.]

Is Zuko going to be a problem for you?

[Because she hasn't spent nearly two weeks fixing him for him to get an arrow through the eye.]

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[He'd try to make it match the other one.]

[...But he promised. There's a sigh - as much as he would like to, he won't be killing Zuko. Just don't be expecting him to step foot near him.]

[Katara is not quite as good at interpreting Longshot-ese as his companions were, but that sounded more like resignation than like a determination to harm. She offers him a wan smile.]

Thanks, Longshot.

[...she can't believe she's actually protecting Zuko. A few weeks ago, that was the furthest thing from her mind. It's amazing what pouring your life into healing someone can do. Besides, for her the fact that he was Fire Nation was never as important as who he was and what he'd done... and that held true for anyone, though there would probably always be that cringe before she was able to look a Fire Nation soldier in the eye and acknowledge them as a person. Some of this hesitancy shows on her face... then she reaches out and touches Longshot's shoulder for a moment.]

Don't think that just because he's here it means you're not welcome. I understand if you don't want to be around him, but he's... surprising. He's so weak right now you could sneeze at him and knock him down, but he still got up to help Sokka when he heard him yell out the other day. I understand if you don't want to be around him, but...

[She looks to the ground for a long moment before looking back up at Longshot.] ...he's not evil anymore.

[That would be the other reason why Longshot has decided not to kill Zuko. Might not be the best idea to take out the guy working with the Avatar on the whole 'world peace' thing. Even if he's not sure if that will even work out in the end.]

[...Sorry, Katara. That doesn't make him feel better.]

[There's a long pause before Katara nods. Maybe it's too soon for Longshot, or maybe he'll never be able to see past the Fire Nation red -- she couldn't blame him if that was the case. It was enough that he wasn't going to try to kill Zuko. It was enough that now she knew what had happened to Jet.]

...all right. I mean it, you know. Just because he's there doesn't mean you're not welcome too. And if you ever need anything... [She gives him a hint of her old smile.] you'd better come and tell us.

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